They are running a discrediting campaign against the Orbán government, with their tactics they want to cause political instability in Hungary. The line between NGOs and American foreign affairs is blurred - Gavin Wax told the Hungarian Nation about the activities of the Biden administration here. The president of the New York Young Republicans Club was a guest of the Center for Fundamental Rights in Budapest.
— How did you come into contact with Hungary?
— Last year I spoke at CPAC Hungary, the international gathering of conservatives in Budapest. This was the beginning of the cooperation between our club, the New York Young Republicans Club, and the Center for Fundamental Rights. We are supporters of Viktor Orbán, we have repeatedly expressed our solidarity with his policies, and last year we awarded him the John Foster Dulles Prize . My current program is already taking place in preparation for the new CPAC Hungary in May: we signed a cooperation agreement with the Center for Fundamental Rights. This relationship promises to be fruitful and fruitful.
— Why do you think CPAC is important in Budapest?
— several other places around the world, but the one in Hungary is the first in Europe, and perhaps the most important in other respects. Here, the host country is a country that has a conservative government that is making actual policy changes. His achievements are unique both in domestic and foreign policy. And CPAC Hungary serves as a transatlantic hub between European and American conservative movements.
It provides an opportunity to exchange ideas, which is important because we often face similar problems in our countries, but we sometimes lack solutions. Hungary has shown that it also provides solutions to the problems of the West.
"For which ones?"
- Where do I start? On mass migration, open borders, the problems of globalization, culture, the attack launched by the left against the traditional, Judeo-Christian values of the West, the advance of woke ideology and transgenderism. The West has to face these everywhere, but very few countries have so far succeeded in launching an effective conservative counterattack against them.
Hungary is unique in this, and it gives hope and encouragement to others. American Republicans also see him as a conservative-populist model to follow.
— When Will Witt, a conservative influencer, was here a year ago, I also suggested to him: American Republicans are not seen as agile young people, as, say, you are — and especially not in New York. What makes their club special?
— Ours is the oldest of the Young Republicans, it can be traced back to 1856, and it is also the largest club in the United States, even if the Democrats are stronger in our state. We have more than twelve hundred paying members, reaching tens of thousands through social media platforms. Six hundred guests appeared at our gala evening in Manhattan, including Takács Szabolcs, the Hungarian ambassador to Washington. Our uniqueness is partly due to New York itself: around twenty million people live in the catchment area of the metropolis, we are the center of the media, and a lot of campaign money is collected.
is true that American youth are more oriented towards the left, but there is an even greater need for organizations like us or PragerU to oppose leftist influence politically and culturally.
Our members are typically young graduates who are working their way up the ladder in law, media, finance or real estate development. New York has already given the United States many Republicans at the top levels. Donald Trump is not only born, but also a product of the city, even the same neighborhood, Queens, where I come from. He represents a new, populist style of New York Republican, and his success was played by bringing rural and urban American voters on a common platform.
— In the news magazine Newsweek, he wrote about it the other day as a "pepper revolution" : the people of the Biden government, including Ambassador David Pressman or Samantha Power, the head of the USAID "funding agency" who visited here, are inciting something like what they used to achieve their goal in Ukraine. Do you consider this a possible scenario in Hungary?
"Very possible." It is definitely something that they would very much like to see, and for which many people at the State Department in Washington, USAID, and the American Embassy here are trying to create an environment in which it can take place.
With the involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA — in the case of non- allies — it is a long-rehearsed scenario. But now they are interfering in the internal affairs of a country that is a NATO ally of the United States — this is completely wrong. They do not act as diplomats, but ideologically, as activists, because Hungary is not considered an ally in an ideological sense.
They are running a discrediting campaign against the Orbán government, with their tactics they want to cause political instability. The borderline between Hungarian non-governmental organizations, NGOs and the US State Department is very blurred. Some of their people coordinate their activities to advance a political agenda. I don't think they necessarily succeed; this is also a test of the strength of the Orbán government. A saving grace may be that there is little receptiveness in Hungary to this American leftist thrust.
But from an American perspective, it is disgusting and ridiculous in itself to use taxpayer dollars to do something like this against an ally and the highly empowered government of a democratic country with which we share many values.
This is a serious border crossing, and I trust that the Hungarians will stand up for themselves. It is hypocritical to the extent that they do not raise problems with, say, Saudi Arabia, with which they do a lot of business. It must also be seen that this is an elite struggle of a minority: the majority of Americans would agree with the Hungarian position on border control, family policy or gender.
— What is your opinion of President Joe Biden's war speech ? Hungary does not share this opinion or the continuation of the war.
— Hungary has taken a pragmatic position, with which it puts its own interests before the globalist interests of Brussels, London or Washington. I think that as time goes on, the Hungarian position in favor of peace and negotiations will be justified. Biden's trip to Kiev was also completely inappropriate when there was a serious environmental disaster in Ohio — of course, we are talking about a part of the country that voted for Trump.
But Biden wasn't interested in his own people.
It should also be seen that in the meantime some people — including the Biden family — have serious economic interests in Ukraine, the most corrupt country in Europe. The defense industry also turned from the war on terror to the war against Russia.
— Can Trump return to the White House in 2025?
— According to surveys, he is currently in the best position for this. Biden's popularity is declining and his is increasing, time is working for Trump. The hatred of the opposing camp and its media towards him also indicates that they fear him. But for now, the primary elections will follow, and he is the most popular within the Republican Party, leading by 25-30 percentage points over his rivals.
Author: László Szőcs
Source: magyarnemzet.hu
In our opening picture: Gavin Wax (Photo: Máté Bach)
