[ April 18, 2024 ]
The U.S. State Department just announced it will send $700,000 into Hungary’s media — and now, the country’s anti-globalist and conservative-minded political leaders are wondering why.
The State Department says it simply wants to bring about “democracy and human rights programming” onto the airwaves.
But pro-Viktor Orban political watchers see something darker at play. They see the State Department trying to infiltrate the government and instill a more moderate version of conservatism.
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The U.S. State Department has courted controversy by announcing it will plough $700,000 into Hungarian media, angering the country’s anti-globalist, conservative government.
The funding was announced by U.S. Chargé d‘Affaires David Kostelancik, who has previously appeared to openly criticise the Trump administration by alluding to “apparent inconsistencies in [U.S.] foreign policy” and remarking that “not every criticism of the government is ‘fake news’.”Breitbart London spoke to a State Department official who confirmed it supports what it calls “democracy and human rights programming” in many countries, and that its intentions in Hungary — a NATO ally — are to “support media outlets operating outside the capital … to produce fact-based reporting and increase their audience and economic sustainability”.
The State Department also echoed Kostelancik’s claim that too many Hungarian news outlets are sympathetic to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s popular conservative government — which has earned powerful enemies by opposing the European Union on mass migration, building a highly effective border wall, and exposing the network of European politicians deemed “reliable allies” by billionaire open borders campaigner George Soros.
The obvious subtext to all of this is that the State Department funding effort is intended to bolster anti-government and opposition media. This suggests it is still pursuing Obama era, anti-conservative policy objectives internationally in defiance of President Trump, who has praised Prime Minister Orbán — the first European leader to back him — as “strong and brave”.
The Hungarian leader has maintained a position of strong opposition to “globalist elites, the bureaucrats who serve them, the politicians in their pay, and the agents of the Soros-type networks that embody their interests” despite fierce opposition from Brussels, pro-mass immigration NGOs, and left-liberal U.S. media, believing he is standing up for a “silent majority” of hard-pressed families across the West, who wish to preserve their Christian heritage and national identity.
For its part, the Hungarian government has denounced the State Department for what it regards as blatant interference in its internal affairs ahead of national elections in Spring 2018.
“What is this if not an intervention in the election campaign and the domestic politics of Hungary? Which Washington office can judge the applications of media organisations from a Hungarian county and what kind of balanced service they would like to offer?” asked Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, who said it was shocking that American taxpayers’ money was being used to — to quote the State Department — “educate journalists on how to practice their trade” in an allied democracy.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has summoned the U.S. Chargé d‘Affaires, asking for an explanation, and told him that we consider this a political intervention by the U.S. Department of State ahead of the elections,” a spokesman added.
The Hungarians have also robustly rejected the State Department’s accusations that there is no press freedom in their country. …
Prime Minister Orbán, who opposed the Leftist regime at some personal risk as a younger man, has often chided Western leaders — and the European Union in particular — of “making excuses for the crimes of Communism”, and worked to make sure its victims are given due attention since his election.
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76 Comments
6 years ago
TRUMP IS NOT WHAT HE SEEMS TO BE!
6 years ago
Reply to
libsRnuts
Sounds like Rex Tillerson needs A harsh President Trump Phone call …
I hope they fire these State Department traitors,The Obama bastards -Funding all these Anti American causes…
almost 1 million ???
Are WE INSANE ….Hell No.
6 years ago
Reply to
Sharon ODonnell
I’d rather see the State Dept. defunded or disbanded. Let them join the OIC and get funding from them.
6 years ago
Reply to
Sharon ODonnell
Contact President Trump directly to let him know what you think about this.
6 years ago
How about the state department put some money int breaking up fat face book which has become a law unto itself ?
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Wait, WAIT! Wasn’t Russia’s attempted interference in our politics an act of war? But of course many nations have been interfering for decades, even centuries in the politics of other nations, including us and that even includes coups, which is a lot of interference. So let’s object to those we don’t approve, like this one, and carry on as usual.
6 years ago
Reply to
Dean
The U.S. hypocrisy is that it doesn’t interfere in the political affairs of other nations, but it does and more so than most other nations. Further, it’s actions have a made a mess of countries. It, with the rest of the Western world, wanted efficiently-run white-ruled Rhodesia to end and got something vastly worse in murderous, destructive black-ruled Zimbabwe. No less South Africa that is now a typical black-ruled mess.
Americans by the thousands should write to Donald Trump regarding his treacherous State Department, but how many will? Most are too darned lazy, uncommitted to fight for anything and wouldn’t fight their way out of a wet paper bag. The lack of commitment is appalling. If you want something, for heaven’s sake fight for it!
6 years ago
Reply to
Rob Porter
Agree and whatever minor influence Russia had in our last election is simply proof of our failing system of governance, party duplicity and cultural decay.
6 years ago
Trump’s “swamp” has not been drained.
6 years ago
Reply to
Midnattsol
No, it’s the Barack Obama “swamp” that he has not drained. Trump needs to wake up and clean out the crud in the FBI, CIA, State Department, Homeland Security and other disgusting departments of treachery.
6 years ago
This sounds like the Obama-Clinton strategy (taken from Soros) persists.
6 years ago
Everyone tweet/email this article to Trump and demand stop to funding pro-islam propaganda against Patriots in Hungary fighting back against the same jihadi menace that Trump is trying to fight.
And demand dismissal of Obama holdovers like Mc master who is dictating pro-islam policies including in the state dept using obama holdovers and the dumb Tillerson Nods along.
stop funding Islamic jihadis and their supporters that includes Left/liberals.
Trump did Right thing on calling out the jihadi palestinian rats
http://bit.ly/2rOmfyJ
So he is totally ignorant about this funding or he would not have approved it.
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
A good idea, but it’s not so easy to email the White House because they restrict the length of a message. I know because I have tried. Rather print our this report and mail it. I will, but how many others will do so?
6 years ago
Reply to
Rob Porter
tweet the link and demand stop funding Anti-patriot , pro-left/pro-jihadi funding and propaganda in Hungary. If even 10 ppl do it every day , he will wake up and take notice. most conservatives are too lazy and expect others to do it !
6 years ago
Reply to
Rob Porter
why print ? why can’t you just write a sentence and give a link to the article ? Nobody has time to read long winded emails .
6 years ago
Reply to
Rob Porter
That’s good too. They receive mails as well. And if you want to say more than the tweets allow, this is the way to go. Emails are also good, though I expect they get more emails than letters, so a letter just might get more attention.
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
I gave you the links to Trump and the White House several times. Why don’t you post them?
6 years ago
Reply to
marlene
I tweet Trump if there is an issue that he needs to know. But why can’t others do the same. 1 person demanding action does not get the same weightage as 1000 folks demanding the same action.
Political decisions are based on how popular a particular demand is . Left/liberals get it , most conservatives , patriots don;t get it.
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
We are tweeting Trump. You keep reminding (and chastising-lol) people and I’ll keep posting links to tweet, email and mail Trump and the White House, and maybe between the two of us, we can wake up more people. I agree – I don’t get it either why the millions of conservative patriots who voted for Trump have dropped the ball. They expect Trump to do what the President doesn’t even have the constitutional power to do and don’t realize the big problem is with this corrupt congress, and obama’s judiciary.
6 years ago
Please President Trump- fire every communist that decided to squander $700,000 to help elect a communist in Hungary.
6 years ago
Is the US a representational democracy anymore? Or an islamic “republic”? Do these various departments just get to steal US taxpayer dollars and spend them like an independent muslum oligarchy? Defund the State Dept now.
6 years ago
Reply to
IzlamIsTyranny
Apparently! There doesn’t seem to be any over site anywhere. Taxpayer money just seems to be used for whatever these beauracrats decide. I know how this works in the private sector—I’d be fired and prosecuted for misuse of company money.
6 years ago
Here is an issue of injustice and gross interference in the internal affairs of an ally by the American State dept which calls out to be exposed and corrected, over to you American citizens, Orban is our champion for freedom.
6 years ago
Reply to
Poppey
You are right, Poppey, increasing the U.S. State Department is making of the United States an
enemy of the free world. Donald Trump needs to WAKE UP, get rid of
Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, and appoint someone tough and ruthless
to clean out the treacherous and subversive left-wing, Islam sympathetic Obama State Department. Hungary’s admirable Viktor Orban has refused to allow his country to become a chaotic scene of Muslim rape and murder, and a breeding ground for Islamic jihad, so for his tough actions has learned that for the United States is not his country’s
friend, in fact is in league with the Islamic enemy. Hungary had about 150 years of ruthless and murderous Islamic rule under the Ottoman Muslims and is determined not to have a repeat. Rex Tillerson is reported to have described the president as a “f…ing idiot”, but it’s now evident that the “f…king idiot” is Rex Tillerson who needs to find a new job because as Secretary of State he is a clueless ass.
6 years ago
This sucks. Viktor Orban is one of the few strong voices in Europe fighting the mass migration of Islamic refugees pushed on they by the EU Brussels crowd. I just don’t get the State Dept but I think the stench is coming from Tillerson.
6 years ago
Reply to
MikieMike
I agree. Contact the White House directly to try to have President Trump stop this BS!
D
6 years ago
It seems outrageous, on the surface at least. What the heck business does the US State dept have dispensing foreign aide to political discourse it favors that happens to be different than the nations ruler, and the peoples wishes? Here we are at the end of one and a half yrs of a phony hunt for the russian collusion that was gossamer, never happened as charged, and now, we are going to publically announce that our thought dept will finance how the Hungarians should think??
Get the special prosecutor ready.
6 years ago
Foreign influence is bad when another government is doing it, but not the other way around. All governments are guilty of this doublethink, but the silence from those who accuse Russia of influencing the American election is deafening.
6 years ago
Not one penny of taxpayer money to subvert This good government. Use that money to hire more border patrol or some special judges to expedite deportation backlog cases
6 years ago
Reply to
cylde
Contact the White House directly! Let President Trump know how you feel about this!
6 years ago
In other news, it was reported today that in a survey of career State Department experts on Eastern Europe and Russia, 92% described alleged Russian interference in U.S. politics as either “unacceptable” or “outrageous”.
6 years ago
Who are behind this and what party they vote for?
A Finnish TV news presenter in the picture.
6 years ago
Who in the state department approved this? Was it Tillerson or obama holdovers?
6 years ago
Reply to
Mrs. Chief
Probably globalist scum “leftovers”. Contact President Trump directly with your comments about this outrage!
6 years ago
Tillerson still has a lot of housecleaning to do.
6 years ago
The State Dept. seems more and more to be nothing more than a tentacle of the OIC.
6 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving to the Lioness of Zion. I hope it’s safe, fun and full of good cheer and spirits!
6 years ago
What are they doing sending $700,000 of your money to another country to satisfy the agency’s agenda but not the American people??
150,000,000 American should stop paying their illegal taxes and this will STOP.
D
6 years ago
Why is the Trump Administration allowing this to happen? Something stinks to High Heaven here.
6 years ago
Reply to
Poptoy1949
This is and other activities is obviously more than Trump and a handful of loyalists can handle.
6 years ago
Seems current Eastern European ‘advisor’ is a left over leftist & a liar. Currently in Hungary, everyone can say & write what they want, totally in contrast with Germany, Sweden etc. , where government dictates news content and people are dragged in front of a judge if they criticize migrants or their religion,( first offense 10 000 Euros) – Wake up & catch up with current affairs…..
6 years ago
So, Soros really does own the U.S. government. I always suspected as much.
6 years ago
Can Trump thwart that idiocy?
6 years ago
Reply to
vercingetorix
We can try to alert him to this BS. Contact the White House here:
6 years ago
This is coming from Obama deep state operatives still in bedded in the state dept. It will take some time before they are all removed.
6 years ago
Our State Department has been inundated with communists for decades.
6 years ago
It appears that segments of the U.S. State Department are stooges for George Soros. Drain the swamp.
6 years ago
Even the US State Department is very liberal and very corrupt. It wants to send money to the liberal Hungarian media, so that the media can make quick money and to ruin Hungary. President Orban is right that the US State Department has no business to give money to the liberal Hungarian media. I wish Trump investigates the US State Department, right away.
6 years ago
Pamela, please begin and publicize a white house petition to stop this funding or actually reverse it. We demand the USA support Orban and any country clamping down on Islamic immigration. I believe this will help bring this matter to the President’s attention. Once he is aware, I am sure he will be decisive in righting this wrong.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mark Huber
You can contact the White House directly to let President Trump know how you feel about this travesty.
D
6 years ago
“What is this if not an intervention in the election campaign and the domestic politics of Hungary?”
If this is acceptable for the US to do, why is it unacceptable if Russia is doing it? How can we do what we expect other governments not to do it here? This is proof of that Tillerson is unfit for office.
6 years ago
Reply to
created4el
Concur. Contact the White House to let the president know how you feel about this.
6 years ago
The only positive part in this story is that 750 000 will not be enough to bribe one single country-journalist. (In Hungary there is Budapest, and there is “country” – even if another city hosts 500 000 people.) And in the “country” Viktor Orban and his party “FIDESZ” is beating the socialists and commies by a huge margin. The commies (or progressives – as they like to say it these days) are stronger only in Budapest (roughly 20% of the Hungarian population lives in Budapest), therefore the American administration interferes in the country. Mainly because next to nobody buys a commie piece of crap in the form of a newspaper over there. Nobody cares about the junk products of the West European comrades and Soros, so the State Dept. now tries to bribe journalists to give their nonsense to the people about the wonders of multi-culti, and Diver City, and the equality of all cultures.
It is a wasted money. As I said above that won’t be enough to bribe one journalist, and the other reason is that as soon as the people see a paper changing its stance no one will buy that paper.
Soros and the State Department will have to come up with some better plan to overthrow Orban and the FIDESZ, Let me help them: It will have to be “The Hungarian Spring” as it was “spring” in Libya a few years ago.
And just watch the American media as they will “find out” next year how “evil” the Hungarian government is.
Soros already finances many people who created “newspapers” (blogs) with grandiloquent sounding names such as Hungarian Free Press – suggesting that one need to go to the West to produce free journalism because in Hungary the journalists are oppressed. But as a matter fact most of those traitors who write articles in those blogs live in Hungary, they only use a dupe in Canada or the USA to create a facade as if the “paper” was written in America. All these are for demonization only, which as of now is held back from mainstream media. But it is there, and mainstream media will use them as reference once the time will arrive to create a “Hungarian Spring”, too.
6 years ago
Reply to
Moshe
Hungary needs to off Soros while retaining a veil of plausible deniability, or not.
6 years ago
I seem to remember the State Dept. trying to influence elections in Israel, because like f’ing muslums, they believe in freedom and democracy, cough, choke, gag.
6 years ago
US also intervene in 2015 election in Israel in order to knock down Benjamin Netanyahu unsuccessfully.
6 years ago
That money could be used to build the Wall. Who is running the Stste Department?
6 years ago
Reply to
satcatchet
Scumbag globalists are STILL in control of the U.S. States Dept. Contact the White House directly to let President Trump know how you feel about this crap!
6 years ago
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
6 years ago
The State Department doesn’t get nearly enough hatred as it deserves. I trust Orban. I DON”T trust the State Department. Hillary, then Tillerson, and there’s no improvement! The State Dept is a cesspool and a plug at the bottom of the swamp.
D
6 years ago
Tillerman is a jack wagon. A globalist wanna be. He wants to sit at the head of the table throwing scraps to the rest of us. Need Bolton in there.
6 years ago
Contact President Trump with your comments about this outrage!
