U.S. pushes Viktor Orbán as U.N. secretary-general candidate
The Trump Administration has advocated for Viktor Orbán to be UN Secretary-General, WSJ reports.
hereforsports.bsky.social62That’s a hard fucking no
Kuntie Plopkins26Of course they have - christonabike
Leni24I love your work Mark even if it hurts my eyes and brain every time I’m informed of some new absurdity by your posts, we’re truly living in the tarnished age of stupid obscene
chiller19Hoping the UN give it some of this in reply
Mrs. G18Good grief! The mid-terms can't come soon enough.
Fio13Please tell me this is satire
Simon Lester13Hard to get past this (among other things)
Count Nikolaj Bill-cula7I really don’t think the Trump Administration has realized how much political capital they’ve squandered domestically & abroad In proposing this Aft the same time, I don’t think they’ve ever realized how political capital works. The video game tech tree world understanding still best explains them
ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ4Every day we get one step closer to Senator Secretariat
Mark Taylor4#USPol #Trump @badtoss.bsky.social Not sure they'll get the votes for that ... :)
Abby's Dad3Everything coming from the Whitehouse may as well be announced by Sergei Lavrov as Press Secretary
wil3This will be another reminder to the USA of how little respect and influence they have now.
Sara Mitchell3This administration finds new ways to beclown itself daily 😭 www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...
🎃 Lady Eboshi 🎃 (Artua Gibilloarrate)2hay que reconocerles que son unos cachondos
Climate News2But the force has not shifted entirely, yet:
Mike Jay2Of course they are. 🙄
Just to underline the point that the Trump administration is anti-democracy, they are promoting the textbook exemplar for democratic backsliding to lead the UN. Also, good time to point out that the US has not paid its UN dues, and now owes it more than $4 billion. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...
Don Moynihan109Not just the US, but also China and Russia apparently. All the anti-democratic superpowers that Orban sucked up to.
calgaryrapsfan.bsky.social12Jesus Christ. You can’t make this kind of stuff up
Melanie6Let’s take it right from Trump’s wallet.
alexjouve.bsky.social6There’s got to be an entire wing of the “Trump Team” that rises at 5am, goes for an early jog to get the juices flowing and then puts in a 14 hour day thinking of the most insane, ghoulish and unpopular shit nobody ever asked for. How about live-streaming killing whales with drones?!? Nailed it!
coalminephoenix.bsky.social4So we didn’t pay the UN, but Trump started his Board of Peace ? The one where we don’t really know where the money went?
John Refior3What would he do differently?
Duncan Jones131There isn’t a cigarette paper thin enough to slip between Russian and American international policy at this point.
Mark Copelovitch40Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3461):
(Wes)tern democracy👨🏻🗳️🌐11Me: Surely this white house can’t keep cranking out new ideas from the bad ideas factory before the midterms! This white house cranking out new ideas from the bad ideas factory before the midterms:
Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen6Holy fuck. The US, backed by Russia and China, want to run Orbán for SecGen of the UN?
Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱2I mean, he is out of a job. It's just job placement, really, a bro helping a bro, you know. Autocrats R Us
Trump and Putin have an idea: make Viktor Orbán secretary general of the UN, in order to weaken and undermine the organization still further.
minutesdrag.bsky.social11FFS!! JFC! ENOUGH of these fucking CROOKS!! Send them all to The Hague and let’s get this DONE!!
Old Dog7Trump: Ooh. Good idea, Vlad
notidefix.bsky.social5every failed right-wing despot gets a prize
Kiki4And the rest of the world is laughing at this suggestion.
スマイル3if the plan is to put a man who has spent years hollowing out democracy in charge of the body meant to defend it, the point is not reform. it is capture. a united nations led by its own critics is not neutral, it is neutralized.
Elaina McCartney2And Nicki Minaj White House Press Secretary. Only the best people.
WSJ saying Trump team promoting Orban for UN Sec Gen. Hell no. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...
haveyouanywool.bsky.social7Floating Orban for UN Secretary General is ludicrous and instantly non-serious.
Jay Bryant3Always good of Dipshit to reaffirm our status as a joke on the world stage.
Hemry, Local Bartender35i like how the first line is "you read that correctly" like even the wsj editorial board is like pfffffffffff what are they smoking
Hal 100006It's all just so stupid.
🏴-out-of-the-box2If Orban is appointed as UN Secretary General it will bring the UN down to be on a par with FIFA. Please no.
💥WSJ reports that Trump wants Viktor Orbán as UN secretary-general, with Russian and Chinese backing. Back in May, I reported that MAGA circles were already eyeing a top UN job for Orbán—then a DSG post to shield him from prosecution. More on @vsquare.bsky.social: vsquare.org/goulash-orba...
_Phelan_1I’d hate see him not getting justice, but watching him being the only free person in his close family would be also quite entertaining. Viktor still free but his parents and daughter are behind bars? He’d go mad...
Izabela Maria Sztuka1This is equivalent of our reality putting its head into its a**.
Peter 🇦🇹 🇪🇺 🇺🇦1If you can’t beat the UN, you’ve got to take it over
WSJ: The Trump administration is urging former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to run for the position of UN Secretary-General. According to reports, Russia and China also support his potential candidacy.
Trump wants to make Orbán the next UN Secretary-General. You're all gonna miss Guterres.
Otilia Nutu3There is no way in hell it would happen. France and UK have veto rights in the UN Security Council. But Trump manages to unite Europe again, which is great.
Lars J2We all know Trump wants to destroy The UN, so nothing surprises me about this.
Stef_Soren1Not a snowballs chance in hell this will happen. Orban is so unpopular in Europe tha nobody wants to touch him even with a firepoker!
The White House favours the Hungarian former dictator, Viktor Orbán, as next UN Secretary-General. Washington believes Russia and China would also back Orbán, potentially making him a joint candidate supported by all three powers. www.jpost.com/internationa...
⚡️US pushing Orbán for UN secretary-general, hoping for Russian and Chinese support
Piotr K. Fella 🇪🇺🇵🇱🇺🇦🇬🇪3That would be a mockery that could end the UN, which is probably their goal
Stef_Soren2Ridiculous! Stay in the dark where you belong!
eli2bk.bsky.social2Just what the world needs to totally destroy what little credibility remains with the UN! A failed, corrupt thief disguised as a failed dictator!
By that time he will be in jail
6661He's toast Soon forgotten never forgiven
Dimitri Gogios 🇩🇰🇬🇷1Being in this insane timeline, I wouldn't be too surprised if this were to happen.
This is unlikely - not least because it's Latin America's "turn" to have a UN sec gen. But if the US/Russia/China are indeed behind Orban, I would never count him out. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...
Washington is reportedly exploring a joint bid with russia and China to make Viktor Orbán the next #UN secretary-general, with tRump and JD Vance expected to support the former Hungarian prime minister. 🖊️ Joakim Scheffer www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/cur...
Eugene McParland6Orbán is said to be interested but unwilling to enter the race without a realistic path to victory, while Britain and France retain the power to block his candidacy outright.
Brian Farrell 🇨🇦🇺🇦2That’s about as as appropriate as RFK Jr being Health Secretary. Let’s get a hard NO veto on that from the UK and France please. Step up.
linge68.bsky.social1Give him a Fifa peaceprize
Trump administration officials are proposing Viktor Orbán as a joint U.S.-Russia-China candidate for UN Secretary-General. The U.S. has encouraged the Hungarian leader to enter the race, pending a final decision. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...
IT Army UA5If it would happen every decent nation must just leave UN😎
The Adaptïve5I don't know if I should laugh or get a bazooka
PKs Powerfromspace1 🚀 Last Angry Bernie Brother cast adrift 😒2... to destroy another international institution like all grifter authoritarians do ☝️
SJSCentralTX2I was hoping this was @theonion.com speaking. Alas, I am afraid ‘‘tis not.
