I remember being really shocked finding out Trump won in 2024.

[samsenbdri@mastodon.social]

@mastophilipp @randahl
My statement in 2000: "Beware, he is a KGB officer of the middle management level" who allegedly made the deal of his life with Yeltsin.

[idjansazov@mastodon.social]

@randahl

I really hoped this will be better, but as far as I have read Péter Magyar is a soft liner of Viktor Orbán.

[mihamarkic@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @mike805 @DavidNielsen @randahl Islamic communism #ftw

[androcat@toot.cat]

@randahl

Peter Hungarian or Viktor Russian, who will win?

[davidnielsen@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @randahl I will not be doing so, but I will be happy that Orbán is hopefully gone (he did do an impressive job rigging the election system, so I am not entirely sure he will actually lose, or do a Trump when he does).

I don’t prescribe to the idea that in order to not be shit, let alone actually be good, we have to first tolerate shit light.

There are surely not shit candidates the world could promote and promise good relations with, to give them a serious boost in the polls.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@DavidNielsen @randahl

the problem with your statement is every candidate possible has problems. and even if they were practically angels, simple human gossip would find something, anything, about them that could be criticized, and reduce them to "shit lite"

essentially: in life, yes, your only options, now, in all history, and forever more, is between shit and shit lite

and if you don't make a choice, you only guarantee shit

while if you consistently choose, you iterate to better

[martinlentink@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @DavidNielsen @randahl In addition to this I think most people do not much care for foreigners to "advise" or "endorse" candidates in their countries elections.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@martinlentink @DavidNielsen @randahl

you're talking about this:

" #Orban’s Chances of Winning #Hungary Election Drop After JD #Vance Rally"

Orban's chances of winning Hungary election drop after JD Vance rally

Orban is one of President Donald Trump's key European political allies.

Newsweek (www.newsweek.com)

so it's the same as #trump saying stupid shit about #canada, helping #poilievre lose to #carney

so while #europe is right to be bothered by populist right wing assholes from outside the #eu coming and messing in european #politics, europe can take some solace that the move tends to backfire

[h4heights@mstdn.social]

@benroyce @martinlentink @DavidNielsen @randahl
Must be his God’s will 🤭

[lordkhan@social.cologne]

@benroyce @martinlentink @DavidNielsen @randahl the Vance effect, basically the Streisand effect in politics.

[lindarosesmit@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @martinlentink @DavidNielsen @randahl first past the post and all that. Fingers crossed.