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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and American Vice President JD Vance during the rally on the Day of American-Hungarian, ahead of the Hungarian parliamentary election, in Budapest, Hungary on April 7, 2026. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)
Left-leaning pundits, Democratic lawmakers, and at least one Republican skewered President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance Sunday after they went all in to support Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán in the country’s elections on Sunday.
Unfortunately for MAGA, Orbán was trounced by Péter Magyar’s centre-right opposition party, putting an end to Orbán’s 16-year reign of “illiberal democracy.”
Vance even flew to Hungary last week where Trump phoned in to whip up Hungarian voters — before Vance headed to the Iran peace negotiations in Pakistan, where he also came up empty.
The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell referred to both losses when posting, “Pretty embarrassing all around for JD Vance today.”
Journalist Sam Stein wrote, “Not much he could do, I suppose, but between Orban’s rally and the Iran talks that’s a tough weekend for Vance.”
Political strategist and former Republican Rick Wilson alluded to Vance losing Trump’s support over the blunders, writing, “Man, @jdvance is having a bad weekend. His boy Orban Orbán going down and a complete flop on the Iran negotiations. VP Rubio, here we come.”
Novelist John A. Daly posted a photo of Vance looking downcast with a retweet of Nicholas Kristoff’s post saying, “Viktor Orban has conceded the Hungary election!!! A reminder that authoritarianism can be defeated, even when it tilts the playing field–because voters resent corruption and misrule. Much depends on having the right candidate to oppose the authoritarian.”
The Atlantic’s Jonathan Chait made a sports reference to huge rivals Ohio State University and the University of Michigan.
“Mr Vice President, The Ohio State Buckeyes need you to deliver a pep talk before the Michigan game.”
Columnist Seth Abramson even coined a new verb, writing, “Wow, J.D. really vanced the hell out of the Hungarian presidential election.”
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The Orbán loss was also a blow for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who relied on the Hungarian to do his bidding inside NATO and the European Union. Political commentator Charlie Sykes touched on the relationship, writing, “Huge defeat for Orbán, Putin. And Trump.”
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Former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci picked up on the Putin angle, writing, “Can we send Vance to support Putn’s re-election?”
