Orban with Graffiti. Gabor Gasztonyi 2019. |
Hungarian Prime minister Victor Orban is flying to Donald Trump’s private residence in Mara Lago Florida next week. Presumably, he will travel on a military jet, immune from border and customs regulations. Trump has recently been fined over 500 million dollars in fines over illegal activities in New York state. To file an appeal, Trump must put 110 per cent of the fine in trust to the court. Trump suggested he post a 100 million dollar bond instead. This was denied by the judge involved. He seems unlikely to have the funds to cover his appeal and will likely have to sell assets in New York or elsewhere. He might also declare bankruptcy.
As a former president of the United States, the fact that he
is in so much financial jeopardy puts him in a state of security risk for the
nation. Having a friendly relationship
with Vladimir Putin, which he has demonstrated in the past, calling him very
intelligent and at one point praising his invasion of Ukraine, he is now a compromised
target. Recently, he said he would
encourage Russia to invade NATO countries which do not pay their fair share in defence spending.
Victor Orban, a close friend of Putin who acts as Putin’s
Trojan Horse in Europe and operates Hungary as if it were a Mafia state, just as his friend Putin does in Russia, is possibly an intermediary in this compromise. Putin, a former KGB agent, understands only
force, violence and clandestine operations.
The most extraordinary clandestine operation in history would be to have
Donald Trump secretly under the command of Russia. If this were so, the United States would not
support Ukraine in its war with Russia under the Trump administration. He has admitted to this and presumably many
of the sanctions against Russia would be removed. Putin would be a clear winner, allowing him to move forward and seize all of Ukraine, which he believes is historically Russia itself, and encircle it within his Mafia regime.
Putin’s goal is to recover the complete territory of the old USSR and
somehow assemble a new Russian Empire.
He likens himself to Peter the Great and wishes this legacy for
himself. He will stoop at nothing to
attain that end.
Lorincs Mezaros, the wealthiest man in Hungary, was
originally a gas fitter and a childhood friend of Victor Orbans's. All construction contracts in Hungary filter
through his companies. These contracts
are primarily awarded without proper bidding, and much of the final work
completed is of a shoddy nature with inflated pricing and riddled with
corruption. The Mezaros companies are a
mechanism to steal money from the country and put it in the hands of Victor
Orban and his friends and family. The European
Union considers Hungary one of the most corrupt countries in Europe. Mezaros also owns a bank, MBH, which he obtained last year through a series of secret and clandestine manoeuvres. Perhaps he can lend or give Donald Trump the
money to post as a bond and allow him to launch his appeal. Is there a possible direct link to Putin
himself in this potentially bizarre arrangement? Is Orban simply acting as a messenger under
diplomatic guise. We probably will never
know. But we should be cognizant of the possibilities. Nothing should surprise us in an increasingly
Mafia world.
Sadly, the new political model for the world in our new century is not democracy but Mafia-based regimes. Countries
like Russia, Iran, China, Hungary, North Korea, and, to some extent, India are
moving to this bizarre criminal structure.
It is very difficult for democratic countries to engage with other
countries that rely on criminal models for their existence. They only understand violence and power. They
have no understanding of justice.
We wonder if there are Russian gold bars on Orban’s Military
aircraft when it lands in Florida.
I would not be surprised.