State of the Union: Opposition leader Peter Magyar is slated to become prime minister. The post Viktor Orban Concedes Defeat in Hungarian Election appeared first on The American Conservative .
Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban after 16 years in power, delivering a sharp defeat to one of Europe’s most prominent right-populist leaders and paving the way towards smoother relations between Budapest and the European Union. Peter Magyar, a former Orban ally who campaigned against corruption and on bread-and-butter issues including health care and public transportation, declared victory after partial results showed his Tisza party with a commanding lead over Orban’s Fidesz. Orban, a close ally of President Donald Trump, conceded what he called a “painful” defeat just days after Vice President J.D. Vance took to the stage to campaign for him. Magyar’s victory is expected to reshape politics in the…Open
The President has announced a naval blockade of Iran. That is a move in the right direction. It represents the beginning of long-term strategic planning. We are no longer simply threatening to “bomb them into the Stone Age.” We are leveraging our advantages. A naval blockade is only the beginning, however. It needs to be part of a much more comprehensive effort. The men running Iran think they are winning. They just showed up in Islamabad and tried to dictate terms of surrender to us. We have a long way to go before they feel compelled to concede anything. Preventing the Iranians from sending oil and natural gas out to the world and reaping the profits is good. We need a lot more than that to generate the requisite pressure. Nothing of…Open
Retired Marine Colonel Grant Newsham spoke to NTD on the April 10 meeting between Taiwan’s opposition leader and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and what this means for the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting. -Open
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have a mutual defense treaty . It is billed as a reciprocal accord. It is really transactional. The Saudis give the Pakistanis billions of dollars to prop up their collapsing economy. The Pakistanis pledge to provide a “nuclear umbrella” to Saudi Arabia. Pakistan has roughly 200 operational nuclear warheads. Those weapons can be delivered by Pakistani F-16’s obtained from the United States. There are now Pakistani F-16s on the ground in Saudi Arabia. They were accompanied by multiple support aircraft and support personnel. “The F-16 combat aircraft, along with some Mirage III and V aircraft, are believed to be dual-capable (capable of both conventional and nuclear strikes) and constitute the air component…Open
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