Trump supporters wait in line at a Make America Great Again Rally where he is scheduled to speak in Manchester, New Hampshire on 27 April 2023.

The Trump–Orbán Summit Is a Win-Win for Both the United States and Hungary

‘With Donald Trump in the White House, the abusive relationship between Washington and Budapest will end. U.S. Ambassador David Pressman will be replaced by someone who actually understands the need for an ambassador to be diplomatic. And with the European Union having reduced itself to being a vassal of the Greater American Empire, Hungary will likely be able to count on support from Washington in its everlasting disputes with Brussels.’

Donald Trump welcomes Viktor Orbán at his Bedminster, NJ estate on 2 August 2022.

Opportunities for U.S.–Hungary Relations in the Next Trump Administration

‘For conservatives of both nations, a Trump victory in November would be highly significant. For Hungary, strengthening political and business relations with a key ally gives the country even greater leverage with its European counterparts and cements the Orbán government as the cornerstone for European relations with the United States for at least the next four years. For the United States, having not just an ally, but a friendly government in Europe with similar geopolitical aims that can act as a conduit to Russia and China will be exceedingly important for geopolitical and economic objectives.’

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico attended the Visegrád Group Heads of Government Summit in Prague on 27 February 2024.

The Visegrád Group Is Alive — Takeaways from the V4 Summit

While it is evident that the parties do not share the same perspective on the Ukrainian question, this difference of opinions could be overcome by concentrating on common interests in other areas. Although embarking on this path requires compromises and the harmonization of interests, with no particular policy proposal in that regard adopted at this time, the summit had symbolic significance, sending the message that the V4 alliance is still relevant.

Migrants walk towards the Pazarkule–Kastanies Border Crossing between Türkiye and Greece

How Far Can a Refugee Flee?

The European Union’s migration and asylum policy is an area that is the focus of major political debates on a daily basis…This is particularly the case when national authorities seek guidance in individual cases from the ECJ, which has the binding power to fundamentally determine or change legislative practice—often leading to new political debates or new layers of political debate.

Tucker’s Grocery Store and the Decline of the West

‘While Budapesters aren’t wealthy, their lives are safe, purposeful, and filled with objective beauty. They perceive that they are temporary stewards of a valuable human condition and assume their descendants ought to inherit it; society is to be preserved, rather than consumed. Mothers with infants and other young children are an unmistakable element of the Hungarian capital. I always felt comfortable when my wife walked alone at night. Violent crime and discarded needles are nonexistent. This is life in the former Eastern Bloc.’

Migrants arrive in the harbour of Italian island of Lampedusa, on 18 September 2023

A Plan Failed Miserably — For the Benefit of All

Whatever the original plan or idea behind promoting, supporting, and organizing uncontrolled migration to Europe (and to the United States) was, social engineering has miserably failed again just as in the case of communism. For once again it failed to take into account nothing less than human nature.