The 45th president of the United States has been a strong ally of Hungary until now, and this sympathy will presumably only increase after the re-election.
Donald Trump has been a strong ally of Hungary until now, and this sympathy will presumably only increase after the re-election. In the campaign, the former president stated that Viktor Orbán is a strong leader and leads a strong country, the Hungarian Prime Minister also praised President Trump several times and most recently stated that he was waiting for him to return to the White House - about all of this, jr. Zoltán Lomnici, scientific director of Századvég, spokesperson of CÖF-CÖKA, secretary general of EuCET spoke to Origo.
Trump would bring peace to the world, but the victory of Kamala Harris could mean the continuation of wars, even the third world war could break out. It should not be forgotten that the balance of power in the European Union could also be overturned by Trump's victory, primarily from the point of view of the expected significant increase in the influence of the sovereignists, said jr. Zoltán Lomnici.
-Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States of America, took his oath of office on January 20, 2017. Bringing a marked change in his political speech, Trump did not hide what he considers to be his main task in his inauguration speech: the primary protection of the existence and legitimate interests of Western civilization with Christian European roots, which is also a hallmark of his country, and for this purpose he wanted to break with the so-called so-called with the dogma of political correctness - said jr. Zoltán Lomnici. According to the scientific director of the Századvég Foundation
the Republican president, acting with a markedly specific habitus and a strong presidential character, restored the faith of the forgotten American strata after a long time;
due to the negative effects of migration and the economic crisis – and globalization in general – the working class and the middle classes were put in a difficult situation.
Showing the way for his party, Donald Trump could well sense this growing trend: the ideal of peace and security and its daily presence is also important to the majority of minorities who have been living in America for a long time, and this seems more and more within their reach during a Republican presidency.
"According to the latest research, according to several American opinion polls, the Republican presidential candidate is in the lead, but the majority of Hungarians interviewed would also like to see Trump in the presidency again, and more people also think that the former president would be better for our country than the current vice president. Several aspects can play a role in this. Many people see that, in addition to the close economic and military cooperation that has been factually excellent and of strategic importance for decades, the political relations have deteriorated under the left-wing democratic presidents not only for Hungary, but also for some countries in the region,' said Mr. Zoltán Lomnici.
The "imperial approach" traditionally arouses resentment among the majority of Hungarians, which disapproval can only be increased by the behavior of the American ambassador representing such an approach.
Previously, we could have thought that any conclusions that, following the November 2020 presidential election of the United States, predict that the USA, out of quasi-revenge - because the Hungarian government showed sympathy for President Donald Trump rather than his democratic opponent who eventually won the election - diplomatically will "overrun" Hungary with means.
"Since then, we have known that since David Pressman came on the scene, the American left has been interfering more and more rudely in the internal affairs of Hungary, so that after many years of deprivation, we have just begun to get used to what kind of foreign policy worthy of an ally and friend is the presidency of Donald Trump and the foreign service of Ambassador David Cornstein in Hungary under," said jr. Zoltán Lomnici.
Mark Levin, an American lawyer, writer and news analyst, was clear about the increasing political violence and shootings in 2022: in his opinion, this illustrates the disrespect and attacks against families and faith, "the culture has been eaten up in many ways", he said. That's why, he says, "We need to celebrate Americanism... We need to celebrate the Judeo-Christian foundations that contributed to the founding of this nation."
According to the scientific director of Századvég, it is clear from Mark Levin's thoughts that
the radical, anarchist left questioning traditional values and social order, as well as the continuous provocations from the liberal democrats, the woke-ism gaining ground during Trump's presidency, the metoo movement, which partially affects the traditional social authority of men, are inciting the current social hatred the attacks of the increasingly extreme Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement against the constitutional legal order and American national sentiment also played a role.
The use of political violence is usually used to achieve a revolutionary goal, and in times of increasing social strife, it is directly used to question the status quo. The assassinations of Trump and Fico also indicate that America and Europe today are facing an upsurge in hate speech, which includes racial hatred, xenophobia, anti-Christianity, anti-Semitism or other forms of hatred based on intolerance of traditions, including aggressive, radical intolerance expressed by progressive ideologies, which incites and tries to justify all of this.
According to Lomnici Jr., the political scene is no exception to this worrying trend, so radicalism, hate speech and intolerance from the progressive side have become an integral part of the political discourse.
It is now well known that Trump has broken with Barack Obama's approach to foreign policy, showing a sharp contrast to Republican George W. Bush's wars and false casus belli in Iraq. Even after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President Bush ordered the US army to invade Afghanistan, and in connection with the 2003 Iraq war, it was revealed that although America launched it in the spring of 2003 - without obtaining UN authorization - to destroy Saddam Iraqi dictator Hussein's arsenal of mass destruction assumed by the Bushes, Iraq's leadership had stopped its nuclear and biological weapons program many years earlier. Trump tried to act with a different approach in the Middle and Far East in such a way that he was forced to carry the negative legacy of American foreign policy.
At the same time, as a determined defender of Western civilization based on Judeo-Christian foundations, Trump, who is also deeply committed to the Jewish cause, visited the Old City of Jerusalem at the end of May 2017, during his first trip abroad, with which he wanted to symbolically signal that the USA, as a key partner in the region, strongly supports Israel.
In his Middle East policy, the 45th president of the USA sought dialogue with Saudi Arabia and NATO member Turkey, and wanted to rely on a broad alliance against Iran and its allies. The termination of the international agreement on the limitation of Iran's nuclear development activity - concluded during the reign of his predecessor, President Obama - showed his decisiveness, but at the same time it was one of the highly controversial foreign policy steps of the Trump era, said Mr. Lomnici.
At the same time, it should be highlighted that a research by the Szadvég Foundation pointed out that Donald Trump was the first American president since Jimmy Carter, who resigned in 1981, during whose tenure the United States did not start another war.
In light of this, it is less surprising that the majority of respondents (53 percent) in Hungary also feel that the world was more peaceful and safer during the term of office of President Donald Trump than it is now, during the reign of Joe Biden, and 91 percent of the respondents are pro-peace, according to the March survey. , and this ratio has not shown a significant shift since then.
If Harris wins, World War III could even break out, Trump could bring peace.
Donald Trump has been a strong ally of Hungary until now, and this sympathy will presumably only increase after the re-election.
In the campaign, the former president stated that Viktor Orbán is a strong leader and leads a strong country, the Hungarian Prime Minister also praised President Trump several times and recently stated that he is waiting for him to return to the White House.
In the latter case, the close alliance brings many positive benefits and an extremely promising perspective for the two leaders in the aforementioned three strategic areas, but we must not forget that it could also overturn the balance of power in the European Union, primarily due to the influence of Viktor Orbán and the sovereignists. in terms of its expected significant increase - concluded jr. Zoltán Lomnici.
