Is this the end of Viktor Orbán’s regime?
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
| 0:08.8 | Today, why Victor Orban's illiberal democracy may finally be coming to an end in Hungary. Thank you. Thank you. Wow. |
| 0:30.2 | With the US in the middle of a war, you might think J.D. Vance had better things to do than fly to Hungary this week. |
| 0:37.4 | Yet right as Trump was threatening to wipe out civilization in Iran, |
| 0:41.3 | the vice president appeared live on stage in Budapest, alongside Victor Orban, |
| 0:45.5 | the Prime Minister of Hungary. |
| 0:46.5 | So before I started my remarks, I actually had a special guest that asked that I give him a phone call. |
| 0:55.7 | Let's hope he actually answers. |
| 0:57.3 | But this is going to be very embarrassing. |
| 1:00.2 | I'm sorry, the person you were trying to reach has a voicemail box that has not been set up yet. |
| 1:04.6 | Okay. |
| 1:05.5 | Try one more time. |
| 1:08.8 | It's ringing. |
| 1:10.2 | It's progress. It's progress. |
| 1:12.3 | Hello, Mr. President. |
| 1:13.2 | How are you? |
| 1:14.0 | Hi. |
| 1:14.5 | And, Jady, could you give me a second? |
| 1:16.1 | I'm just... |
| 1:17.1 | Mr. President, you are on with about 5,000 Hungarian patriots, |
| 1:23.2 | and I think they love you even more than they love Victor Orban. |
| 1:27.0 | Well, I can't believe that. |
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