, Columnist
Iran’s Reality Shatters JD Vance’s Hungarian Fantasy
A photo op that could do more harm than good
Photographer: ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFPIf what mattered most in the world was the political future of JD Vance, this would be a very good week. The US vice president gave a rousing speech in support of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a model leader for the global conservative right, while at the same time helping his boss toward the off-ramp from an unpopular war with Iran.
But if Vance’s appeal as a future Republican presidential candidate is not the yardstick, then the message he delivered in Budapest on Tuesday was as disturbing as it was revealing.