Is Hungary cooked? What really happened in the April, 2026 election?
I watched a video yesterday that I was more than happy to watch. Dr. Steve Turley offering a very different perspective on the whole Hungarian situation. It's a 13 minute watch, and I highly recommend it.
instead of all the hand-wringing and "they stole the election" and "oh, Hungary just committed suicide" narratives and rhetoric that, of course, spread like a grassfire in the Kalahari desert, Turley is saying that in reality, the situation is anything but lost.
TLDR: the only person who could beat Orban was someone just as conservative and sovereignty minded as Orban. Moreover, Orban isn't over yet. He could come back.
H/T to u/Nurarihyon_no_MAGA who posted this video link yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdLsvxB0WGg
The Guy Who Beat Orban Is Not a Leftist*
While all the globalist and legacy media is touting the Hungary election as some sort of win against populism, there are a few things that frogs should consider before simply swallowing that narrative whole.
They call Victor Orban 'Far-right' and Peter Magyar 'Center-right'; got to keep that 'Far-Right' boogeyman narrative cooking, right?
But the newly elected leader, Peter Magyar, was part of Victor Orban's party (Fidesz) up until only recently. In 2024, and he split from the Orban government primarily (reportedly) because of corruption issues. He founded a new party (Tisza) as an 'anti-corruption, pro-European' alternative.
On certain points, it appears that he's just as staunch as Orban on certain policies, for example, immigration. Tisza opposes Eu migration quotas, etc, and maintains the strong border policy of Fidezs, while talking about even stricter controls over guest workers.
Both emphasize national sovereignty and border security.
Both appear to prioritize avoiding direct involvement in the Ukraine-Russia war, and Tisza opposes the Eu-fast track integration approach for Ukraine.
Where they differ seems to be attitude towards the EU and corruption issues. Tisza is more pro-EU, whereas Orban was decidedly Euroskeptic.
Reportedly, after Magyar split from the Fidesz party, he went town to town in Hungary talking with the people, speaking with them about the corruption in the Fidesz party. He won a landslide victory in the election.
Economically, Tisza sees a pro-EU attitude as being a way forward out of the economic difficulties that Orban's government have given risen to.
Let's summarize*
Corruption and Change
There have been a lot of allegations of cronyism and corruption in the Orban regime. If those allegations are true, then a change is necessary.
Magyar ran on an anti-corruption and more conciliatory approach to the EU, seen as necessary to stabilize the economy, while still maintaining or strengthening national sovereignty, non-EU immigration policies, and strongly conservative and traditional values, an approach that contrasts strongly with the EU's wokism and globalism.
The Orbanesque Foundation is deeply embedded
The 16 years of Orban rule have fundamentally transformed the nation, with traditional values and conservative Fidesz allies all deeply embedded into the judiciary, Media and state institutions.
Magyar targeted two core areas: the corruption in the Orban party and languishing economy due to the hard line anti-EU approach, while maintaining the core traditional and sovereignty values that Orban put in place.
Was this Right Vs Left or Nationalism vs Globalism? Or was it Nationalist Stagnation vs. Nationalist Reform?
So, is Hungary cooked? Is the Maygar victory a victory for Globalism? Wokism? EU-ism? Elon's comments notwithstanding, even though the neo-marxists paint this as a blow against traditional Christian-based sovereignty values, it seems to be any thing but that.
And, after 16 years of Orban, if corruption and cronyism are really a problem, which the victory of Magyar suggests it is, then this sort of change could be a real step forward.
One last point
Pivot Point?
Given that the EU is on the verge of collapse, with rebellion against globalist and wokist policies becoming more and more fervent in a large number of EU-countries (Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, etc), then maybe now is the time for the forces uplifting Christian civilization to pivot from simply opposing the EU to an engagement that will fundamentally transform the EU.
Our favorite Russian Qtard, Kirill Dmitriev (who drops Q references on X.com all the time) wrote this:
https://x.com/kadmitriev/status/2043442964395860226
This will just accelerate the collapse of the EU. Check if I am right in 4 months.
Moscow seems to agree:
Moscow Times: Moscow Warns of ‘Perfect Storm’ for EU After Orbán’s Defeat in Hungary
72 hour rule just became the 4-month rule. Let's not simply latch on to promulgated narratives, but apply frog-like attention to data, information and substance. Let's see how this plays out.
Excellent post as always, sir! Let’s also add:
Does anyone here still think there is any place in the world that has actual, legitimate elections?
If not, who is in control of the election system, and to what ends are they doing what they’re doing? An election system that allowed/placed Orban for 16 years did not suddenly, randomly, allow/place a communist.
If “all The World’s a stage” (Bill’s theatre being literally called “The Globe”), what narratives is this Magyar fellow there to push or attack?
Thanks AE. But from a cursory review of things, its seems that the new guy is anything but a raving globalist communist. Of course, its possible that he's a sleeper guy who they dressed up in Orbanesque clothing (sovereign Hungary, restricted immigration, traditional values) in hopes of diverting the ship, but its also possible that he's what he appears to be: Orban 2.0
As for elections, heck, who knows how reliable any of them are. But... if its like "our guy won = reliable, the other guy won = not reliable" then there's a problem with our thinking, I suspect.
Wasn’t trying to say he is or isn’t a communist, just that I strongly believe all elections are rigged, and especially after 16 years of Orban, Hungary’s elections would clearly not be rigged by [them], so whatever he’s going to do, it would seem he’s either there to push narratives aligned against [them] (a la Sleepy Joe, or Ron DeSantis/MTG, or maybe even Bernie Sanders, who seems a bit too obvious at this point to have not been flipped), or to actually advance the ball.
Remember that brief period where DeSantis was suddenly used to try and either split MAGA or smoke out sleepers, then suddenly each and every single one of the narratives involved in that completely died down and were never heard from again, while DeSantis quietly went back to being the tip of the spear on advancing MAGA in Florida? Odd!
“Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan.”
This post is saying something like what I was trying to get at:
https://greatawakening.win/p/1ASZR1qyxc/hungarian-chess-moves-that-make-/c/
Seems to be separate from the legitimacy of elections issue, but if the post is accurate, then it looks like DJT might have slipped his 5D Chess primer to Victor: "Check this out, Vic. You'll love it!"
Lord, I hope this is true.