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Trump denies involvement in Orbán’s failed re-election bid, despite his involvement (www.ms.now)

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Trump expects people to believe he “wasn’t that involved” in Hungary’s election. There’s a whole lot of evidence to the contrary.

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[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I am pretty much convinced that the US' involvement in the election had an adverse effect and actually cost Orbán many votes. I think many Hungarians dont make an effort to research reliable news (Hungarian media was controlled by Orbán) and supported him because hes nationalist af which is the most important value for most Hungarians. But when people see US politicians who actively destroy their own country and are the laughing stock of the whole world vouch for Orbán, maybe that triggered some 'wait a minute' moment.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, don't worry... most Hungarians that exclusively watch Orbán controlled media (imagine Fox news from most freely available channels) don't know much about the US - especially not about the struggles of the country. They might see things like Trump meeting a political leader or shaping world politics (like ganging on Zelensky with Vance), but media almost never covered negative things about the government or its friends (but happily threw shit at opponents, of course - even as far as straight lying to smear them).

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I think most people (including Hungarians) are confronted with US news through the internet and through other people who use the internet, even involuntarily. At least the Hungarians I know have heard about a lot of shit Trump and his minions are doing. On the other hand, Hungarian news are not that prominent on the internet, so you would have to actively search for it, which most probably dont do because they watch TV already.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Yeah, the same goes the other way around. Don't get me wrong, quite a good number of Hungarians do read about world politics, including the US; they are just not your average Orbán voters (not saying those people don't; but the majority doesn't). Oh, and the ones that do browse the Internet for news: your average Hungarian mostly browses Facebook where everything is tailored to keep you in your bubble. Younger people tend to use other sources, of course, but FB is still the default social media site there.