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Wednesday, April 08, 2026

US Vice President JD Vance has criticized EU leaders and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his visit to Hungary, echoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban's campaign messaging. The Kremlin chimed in from Moscow, too.

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... Vance said the Trump administration had made "significant progress" in its efforts to broker a halt to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and an accord between Kyiv and Moscow, but conceded it had been "the hardest war to solve."

"In some ways we thought it would be the easiest, but it has been the hardest," Vance said.

He criticized European leaders while praising Orban, arguably the NATO leader who has retained the closest ties to Moscow during the war, for their behavior amid the diplomatic impasse.

"We've been disappointed by a lot of political leadership in Europe because they don't seem particularly interested in solving this particular conflict," he said.

European governments, meanwhile, counter that while they want to bring the conflict to an end, it should be what they call a just peace and not amount to an enforced partial Ukrainian capitulation. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-08 01:26 PM | Reply

VP Vance continues on his Make Putin Great Again tour of Hungary.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-08 01:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Fascists of a feather... frack things up together.

Trump said if he didn't support Orban, the rwing in Hungary would lose.

Can't have that now can we.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-08 02:12 PM | Reply

If this administration had been in the executive office during World War II, Vance would be ------- Hitler's couch.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-08 04:15 PM | Reply

Not so much stumping for Orban as he is for Vlad's idea of a new world order.

#5 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-08 04:53 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

@#5

I cannot disagree.

Oddly, one of the first things that VP Vance was reported as doing when he arrived in Hungary was to state (without evidence) that the EU should stop trying to influence the Hungary re-election of PM Orban.

Yet, what does VP Vance do? Try to influence the re-election of PM Orban.

Typical MAGA behavior ... every accusation seems to be an admission.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-08 07:03 PM | Reply

VD Prance is a poof.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-08 07:14 PM | Reply

@#7 ... [VP] Prance is a poof. ...

Oh, I disagree.

I would not want to denigrate the gay community (who are able to walk past exposed sofa cushions) with VP Vance's actions in Hungary.

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-08 07:48 PM | Reply

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