Hungary

“In Hungary, we've invested a billion dollars in changing the trajectory of Hungarian oil production. We were only able to do that not because we could write a billion dollar check.”

“yet Orban lost in a landslide years ago”

“of course, I'm talking about Hungary, whose people just kick King Orban off his throne after 16 years of practically unchallenged rule.”

“the news broke on Sunday night that Orban had conceded the race, the scene in Budapest, it was electric.”

“I think it was the foreign minister of Hungary who made that point that we have a crisis of reason in Europe now.”

“In Russia, Turkey, and Hungary, erosion came through both executive force and durable institutional capture. Under Trump, by contrast, most action has taken the form of shocking events that bypass rather than permanently corrupt institutions.”