Hungarian appearance at two-day event part of Orbán’s transatlantic attempt to bolster Russia’s war

Allies of Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán will hold a closed-door meeting with Republicans in Washington to push for an end to US military support for Ukraine, the Guardian has learned.

Members of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and staff from the Hungarian embassy in Washington will on Monday begin a two-day event hosted by the conservative Heritage Foundation thinktank.

The first day includes panel speeches about the Ukraine war as well as topics such as Transatlantic Culture Wars. It is expected to feature guests including Magor Ernyei, the international director of the Centre for Fundamental Rights, the institute that organized CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) Hungary. Kelley Currie, a former ambassador under then president Donald Trump, said she was invited “but declined”.

      • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        11 months ago

        hmm… there is very little statistical differentiation between “independent” and republican, in political science we call this “they are the same thing”.

        ever heard of “looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck”? tho not to lump ducks in with republicans.

        • chitak166@lemmy.worldEnglish
          17·
          11 months ago

          You’re a shining example of why reasoning with tribalists is a waste of time and effort.

          Thank you for proving my points.

          • orrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
            41·
            11 months ago

            I think you miss the point with the problem of tribalism entirely, and are just repeating a buzzword you heard.

            Technically, it is Tribalism is if you call out someone for being racist, is it bad to call out racist behavior? tho, it isn’t tribalism to point out that two things are fundamentally the same thing, like how Megablocks is just off brand Lego

      • Clent@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        11 months ago

        It’s really quite silly how you’re wearing the clown makeup and acting like the anyone who points it out are the real clowns

        • buzziebee@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Don’t bother engaging with them. They aren’t going to change their mind. That’s the downside with Lemmy. There are so few users that these obstinate trolls don’t get buried. Engaging with them just makes their bad takes and bad faith bs take up more space in a thread.

          It’s possible they are a real person who’s been banned from most other platforms for spreading their bile and have settled here because the low engagement means their troll bait gets picked up, or they are a non US citizen trying to astroturf US political shit.

          • Clent@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            I would agree with the sentiment but there is value in counteracting the pile on effect of the trolls by adding additional voices of reason.