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Viktor Orbn concedes defeat after 'painful' Hungary election result...It's a good speech, I was surpised (Original Post) mysteryowl 17 hrs ago OP
Wow, if his speech can be characterized as "good" it means that Hungary's nut-job, right wing, crazy leader is a ...... FadedMullet 16 hrs ago #1
NOT to mention that he DIDN'T B.See 16 hrs ago #4
You have summed it all up rather beautifully. FadedMullet 14 hrs ago #6
He was good in defeat.... OAITW r.2.0 16 hrs ago #2
He didn't want pissed-off Hungarians to attack his palace. dalton99a 16 hrs ago #3
Wow! Thanks for posting. mysteryowl 15 hrs ago #5
Damn, that thing is ugly. I can't decide whether it looks like a bunker, niyad 14 hrs ago #7
It looks like a prison/concentration camp! mysteryowl 4 hrs ago #8

FadedMullet

(956 posts)
1. Wow, if his speech can be characterized as "good" it means that Hungary's nut-job, right wing, crazy leader is a ......
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:18 PM
16 hrs ago

…..better, more articulate public speaker than our own nut- job, right wing, crazy “leader”.

B.See

(8,572 posts)
4. NOT to mention that he DIDN'T
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:32 PM
16 hrs ago

-try to proclaim the election "stolen"
-sue to have the votes thrown out
-round up a bunch of fake electors with fraudulent documents
-invite an armed hoard to the nation's seat of government, then
-incite a riotous attempted COUP whose treasonous participants planted pipe bombs and stormed the nation's Capitol looking to hang the vice president.

Just goes to show how low America's sleaze sob really is, I think.

dalton99a

(94,512 posts)
3. He didn't want pissed-off Hungarians to attack his palace.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 11:22 PM
16 hrs ago

The palace of Hatvanpuszta, which is in Orban’s father’s name, has undergone a €30 million renovation. Hadhazy Akos/Facebook

niyad

(132,874 posts)
7. Damn, that thing is ugly. I can't decide whether it looks like a bunker,
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 01:25 AM
14 hrs ago

railroad cars, or a design by someone in an alternate space. What is with the building hat looks like it has a driveway on top?

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