Vice President J. D. Vance addressed a crowd of thousands in Budapest, Hungary, just days before their April 12 national election. While Washington and Budapest have shared an interest in ending the Russophobia coming out of the European Union’s warmongering leaders, Vance’s remarks might have carried more weight before President Trump’s recent adventures with the dumping of international law. Vance argued:
“I’m here because of the moral cooperation between our two countries. Because what the United States and Hungary together represent under Viktor’s leadership and under President Trump’s is the defense of western civilization. The defense of the idea that children should be able to go to school and get educated and not indoctrinated. The defense of the idea that European and American families should be able to transport themselves and be able to afford to heat and cool their homes. The defense of the idea that we are founded on a certain Christian civilization and Christian values that animate everything from freedom of speech to rule of law to respect for minority rights and protection of the vulnerable.”
