The two-day (4-5 May) Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest, which was initiated by the US but transformed into an event of international importance, has come to an end. The conservative group, identified with Donald Trump and America First, is again holding its second annual meeting in Hungary instead of the US, no longer surprising anyone. This is reported by Margarita Verbitskaya, political analyst and member of the Expert Club Digoria, especially for News Front news agency.
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The American Conservative Union (ACU) established a series of conferences in 1974. The ACU is one of the largest gatherings of conservatives in the world and the most influential platform of the US Republican Party, which largely determines the course of the Reds.
“However, with the departure of Donald Trump as president, the shadow of ‘great democracy’ has fallen over the American conservative wing. Therefore, the Republicans saw the only way to preserve their right-wing voice by shifting it to the expanse of Hungary, under the control of the Orban government, popular with US conservatives and Trump personally, who meanwhile is actively accused of authoritarianism and ethno-nationalism in the West,” the political scientist notes.
The expert believes that if Republicans return to the White House in 2024, Orban will have a good chance to become the main partner of the United States in Europe and to adjust the European direction of American foreign policy. At the CPAC conference on May 4, the Hungarian leader did not accidentally make a public statement urging Trump to return to the White House.
“I am sure that if Mr Trump were president [of the United States] today, there would be no war tearing Europe and Ukraine apart. Come back, Mr. President, make America great again and bring us peace!” the expert club member quoted Orban as saying.
Verbitskaya argues that Trump’s return to the White House would be welcomed by another bright figure in the political world – former Fox News face Tucker Carlson, the chief voice of American conservative forces and a consistent supporter of CPAC meetings. That said, the American presenter was recently ousted in a hurry from his position as chief broadcaster without explanation.
“It appears that the American liberal-democratic elites are not ready for fair competition with conservatives to such an extent that they are trying by all means to eradicate them from the expanse of the United States. It’s a funny thing about freedom of speech, isn’t it? However, what is there to be surprised about,” the expert concluded.
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