Kuala Lampur, April 29 -- Viktor Orban's recent defeat in Hungary's 2026 parliamentary election is not merely a domestic setback. It is a geopolitical rebuke. 

Even the appearance of the Vice President of the United States JD Vance, who stumped for Orban, could not forestall the party's failure. 

In fact, some analysts affirmed that Vance's staunch support of Orban led to an even bigger loss to the latter. 

Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) platform is not necessarily inspiring. It is not just a majority of Hungarians standing up to it but Italians too especially after the spat between President Donald Trump versus the Pope in the Vatican.

At any rate, after 16 years in power, Orban and Fidesz were ousted by Peter...