Trump Could Soon Lose His Best Friend in Europe

There’s a New Dog Whistle Coming Out of Christian Conservatives’ Mouths. It’s Just One Word.

In the vice president’s eyes, it’s us versus them.

Trump could soon lose his best friend in Europe

The Trump administration says “Hungary’s success is our success.” Why?

Viktor Orban will probably lose. What then?

For sixteen years, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has won every fight: four consecutive parliamentary supermajorities for his party, Fidesz; a constitution rewritten to his specifications; courts, media, and oligarchs brought to heel. He turned Hungary into what scholars politely call an "electoral autocracy" and what his critics less politely call a one-party state with elections. Along the way he made himself Donald Trump's closest ally in Europe…

Why Hungary’s elections matter to the global right

The United States under President Donald Trump is, for the time being, the brightest star in a growing network of ultra-nationalist governments hoping to reshape the global order in their authoritarian mold. While MAGA America is the powerhouse, it’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Hungary that has been the backbone of the worldwide lurch rightward. Yet as Hungarians prepare to vote on April 12, Orbán and his Fidesz party seem headed for an electo…

MAGA’s favorite strongman might be on the brink of defeat

We’re about to find out whether an authoritarian can lose at the ballot box.

How defeat for Maga's man in Europe will torpedo Trump's plans

While the world was watching Donald Trump threaten to destroy Iran, his Vice President JD Vance was dispatched to Budapest on a rather different mission. Vance was tasked with throwing his support – and that of the United States President – behind Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister, as he fights for re-election in one of the most watched votes of 2026. Hungarians go to the polls on Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election that coul…