The vote heard around the world

The dethroning of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán might be a sign of democracy’s resilience, and hence a blow to the international MAGA movement.

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and now-defeated Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán in November 2025. Orbán has bankrolled think tanks promoting right-wing MAGA thinking in Europe and London, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

April 22, 2026

OTTAWA—You could argue that everything you need to know about today’s world was affirmed in an abundantly clear fashion in the events surrounding the Hungarian election.

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