Keeping your dick in the nettle - Post-election in the provinces, part 3
Donald Tusk French kissed the US Deep State way too hard, and now his congratulation rings hollow. He's not the only one.
Europe’s stupid gamble of relying on the US elites while having no leverage over Washington resulted in a lot of hollow congratulations after this week’s surprise election results.
One such gambler is the EU-compatible Colonial Maverick, Donald Tusk, who, being a good student of the swamp made some unfortunate remarks in the past:
After being asked by a female journalist about his words about Donald Trump being ‘recruited by the Russian services 30 years ago’, he was squirming, whimpering, started talking about Mariusz Blaszczak, and then stated that he had ‘never made the suggestion’ that the President-elect of the United States even had agentic links with the Kremlin.
That is a major oopsie, and I’m sure there are a few more hawkish janissaries in the colonies regretting going too far kicking Orange Man Bad while he was down, on the wrong side of history, at the end of history.
Even if you’re a more reserved fence-sitter, having never uttered a bad word about Trump, your newfound love for the man rings hollow.
One of Fidesz’s big-brain thinker, GFG, pointed out the strength of Orban’s position, when he was explaining why the latest Not Orban opposition leader in Hungary seemed pathetic when he also congratulated the president-elect.
The gesture is understandable. Not Orban aims to become the prime minister in 2026, so he will have to work with Trump. But it’s too little, too late.
Orban endorsed Trump in 2016, and in the past 8 years he never wavered when support for The Donald came up. Not even in the darkest of times—after his defeat, after the latest worst scandal, during his prosecution—did he waver.
Orban kept his dick in the nettle for Trump; he did it for 8 wild years, most of which Trump was either a lame president, unable to accomplish any of his promises, or a loser, to be tarnished, banished, punished and humiliated.
This remarkable loyalty is paying dividends for Orban right now; if you wish to be in the same good graces, it will cost you 8 hard years.
There are not shortcuts to the front of the line.
Hungarian mentality
Orban is not alone among his countrymen with this sentiment: Trump’s popularity is the highest in the EU in Hungary, after all.
We find sucking up to the European elites repulsive, especially when it’s done by our fellow former Eastern Block members. Hungary, in the latter half of its thousand-or-so-year history, was rarely sovereign; whether it be the Ottoman Porte, the Habsburg court or Moscow, people who eagerly submitted to the empire that ruled over us were - rightfully - viewed as traitors.
When a foreign celebrity shit-talks Hungary, some people will get unnerved by getting disapproval from their virtual friend in the West; most Hungarians, however, will react along the lines of “Fuck that cunt! He/she wouldn’t be able to show Hungary on a map!” And they’re probably right.
This makes us difficult to handle as a subject or an ally, costs us money and nerves at times, as it does right now in Brussels. It can also make us special friends with similarly-minded people, like the Poles, who are never too far away from telling everyone how kurwa they are, even if they pay dearly. God bless them.
But come the rare day like November 5, this stubborn attitude pays off, bigly.
Whatever advantage Hungarians get from Trump in office, we’ve earned it.
Both Hungary/Orban and Poland have many admirers in the UK though I don't trust Tusk after he said "There's a special place in hell " for me and the other 17 million Brexiters !