Overall, Trump's policies reveal how politically isolated Central and Southeastern Europe's nationalist and populist rulers actually are. This is particularly true of Viktor Orban, who for years has been trying to forge an alliance of populists and right-wing extremists — with limited success.
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2026
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Overall, Trump's policies reveal how politically isolated Central and Southeastern Europe's nationalist and populist rulers actually are
I hope this will be a wake-up moment for the idiot who still support their like-minded facsist-nationalist autocratic parties ( AFD, etc). Just like the Brexit was.(#spell)
Yes, although I am not yet too convinced that this will be the case. Having that said, the populists in Europe are closely aligned not only with the MAGA Republicans in the US but also with the autocracies in China and Russia. They are posing the same threat as Trump.
Also don't forget this alignment isn't a form of direct loyalty between individuals who have the same goals, it's a widespread ideology (which on it's own is a valid thing) that is fueled through misinformation and works by dismantling agencies that protect the balance of power (think independent journalism, justice systems, law enforcement). Even isolated they could reach a position where they get enough power to kill the democratic order of a country, they are fighting against a rule-based order and that rule-based order doesn't fight back enough if you ask me.
So far, I’m not getting the feeling that it’s sunk home, let alone linking this to their local hero. Orbán’s party owns the media which is a huge deal and you can see the Republicans trying to get that in lockdown too.
There’s still people excitedly planning trips to Disney and NYC to visit the country that’s actively talking about invading allies.
A third of left wing voters voted to leave the EU
a wake-up moment for the idiot
It absolutely will not be this. There is no evidence to suggest this. Brexit was not a wake up call, the UK is going to elect Farage.
left
are they tho
I also read it as "left=left-wing" at first, but read closely: Here, "left" is the participle of "leave", i.e. "the populists are left reeling" (and not "the populist left is reeling").