Orbán cabinet: fall of the US Democrats exposed the international liberal network
The goal of the Patriots political grouping is to prevent the political agenda of the “failed US Democrats” from using American dollars to undermine the sovereignty of European nations, Balazs Orbán, the prime minister’s political director, said on Monday.
“Skeletons are falling out of the closet,” he said in a video uploaded to Facebook, referring to “the fate of American dollars” which was now receiving heightened scrutiny in connection with US aid agency USAID programmes used to push a “progressive, liberal, power-hungry” agenda.
He said the administration of President Joe Biden had used USAID to interfere in the politics of sovereign countries, and this had transpired after the inauguration of Donald Trump.
The political director said most of the support, which he called “woke diplomacy”, had been channeled to eastern Europe, the Balkans, Georgia and surrounding countries.
He also insisted there were “egregious examples” of the financing of a transgender operation in Colombia, gender reassignment surgery in Guatemala and the creation of “transgender-friendly” workplaces in Serbia.
In Hungary, “[George] Soros organisation” Freedom House used American money to finance a project to gauge the extent of “liberal democracy”. He also referred to a “report by the secret services” that indicated that the 2022 left-liberal opposition campaign had been financed through “organisations linked to George Soros”.
Former USAID chief Samantha Power “personally visited Budapest” in connection with the alleged political operations, he said.
Orbán said it was expected that Trump would “stop the practice of financing liberal propaganda abroad with American taxpayer money”, though “we’re keeping our eyes on the ball”, he added.
“Brussels liberals”, he said, were “waiting for the failed democrats with open arms”, but Hungary had had enough of “liberal political exports”.
‘USAID billions: How Washington and Brussels fund media to control narratives’
Hungary has warned that foreign funded media and NGOs are being used as political tools to manipulate public opinion, the state secretary for international communication and relations, Zoltan Kovacs, said on Monday.
“Now, thanks to newly released data, the scale of this operation is clearer than ever,” Kovacs said in an English language post on X, which was also posted in Hungarian on Facebook.
Kovacs said the US aid agency USAID had been “quietly” financing 6,200 journalists and 707 media outlets worldwide, including in Hungary, aiming “to promote a specific ideological agenda, one that aligns with left-liberal interests, supports mass migration, and undermines governments that refuse to toe the globalist line”.
“USAID, originally created for humanitarian and development assistance, has become one of the most influential backers of media organizations across the world. Official records show that under the Biden administration, it funded hundreds of media NGOs—many of which operate as lobbying organizations rather than neutral press outlets. In Ukraine, for example, 9 out of 10 media outlets were reportedly funded by the Biden White House,” he said.
Kovacs said USAID had played a similar role in Hungary. “Director Samantha Power visited Budapest in 2023 and met with Hungarian media-focused NGOs at the Ervin Szabó Metropolitan Library. Officially, the meeting was about ‘press freedom.’ In reality, it was a strategic discussion on how to expand the reach of opposition-aligned media with U.S. financial support,” he said.
When US President Donald Trump froze foreign aid for 90 days, “temporarily halting USAID’s ability to funnel money into opposition-aligned media”, Kovacs said Hungarian media outlet 444.hu had lost 8 million forints (EUR 19,800) in funding. The papers G7 and Jelen had earlier received 7 million forints each, as did Tilos Radio, while Klub Radio and Magyar Hang had each received over 10 million forints in support, he said.
Kovacs said Polish leftist-liberal outlets had been similarly funded.
“However, the globalist network was already working on a backup plan,” Kovacs said. “With Trump cutting off U.S. funding, liberal networks wasted no time in shifting operations from Washington to Brussels, with European institutions now preparing to assume USAID’s role as the main financial backer of left-liberal organizations on a global scale.”
MEP Daniel Freund “openly stated that European institutions should step in to replace USAID’s funding mechanisms,” he said. “The EUobserver, a Brussels-based liberal news outlet, confirmed that the goal is to ensure pro-migration, anti-sovereignty media outlets continue receiving financial support—even without U.S. dollars flowing in.”
Kovacs said the Hungarian government had been sounding the alarm on these foreign funding operations for years. In 2022, leaked intelligence reports had shown that foreign funded NGOs and media organisations had played an active role in supporting Hungary’s opposition parties during the elections, he said.
“The Hungarian government has made its stance clear: Foreign interference in national politics will not be tolerated. There will be no place for Brussels-funded NGOs, left-wing media, or political operatives attempting to influence Hungary’s democratic processes. The era of foreign embassies funneling money into opposition media is over,” Kovacs said.
Meanwhile, he said: “Hungary is not alone in this fight. Across Central Europe, nations that resist the liberal-progressive agenda are facing similar pressures. Slovakia and Serbia have both seen political destabilization efforts targeting their governments, with leaders openly discussing foreign-backed attempts to undermine their sovereignty.”
“USAID’s influence in media funding is just one part of a much larger strategy: Control the narrative, discredit conservative governments, and shape public opinion to serve globalist interests. Now that the financial pipeline is shifting from Washington to Brussels, the fight for sovereignty in Hungary and beyond is entering a new phase,” Kovacs said.
He concluded: “The question remains: Will European nations stand up against this influence campaign, or will they allow Brussels to become the new headquarters for political manipulation?”
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