Monday, October 28, 2019

Strongman Viktor Orban:Hungary:: Fawning Donald Trump:US




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In Hungary, Viktor Orban Showers Money on Stadiums, Less So on Hospitals.  (The New York Times, 10/26/2019)

Here's how the Trump administration demonstrates that it's a champion of ordinary Americans.

Friends in high places. These days, the Milken Institute is a leading proponent of a new federal tax break that was intended to coax wealthy investors to plow money into distressed communities known as “opportunity zones.” The institute’s leaders have helped push senior officials in the Trump administration to make the tax incentive more generous, even though it is under fire for being slanted toward the wealthy. 
Mr. Milken, it turns out, is in a position to personally gain from some of the changes that his institute has urged the Trump administration to enact. In one case, the Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, directly intervened in a way that benefited Mr. Milken, his longtime friend.  [emphasis added]

Original 11/25/2018 post starts here

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Reported in The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die.  (The New York Times, 11/25/2018)

Related reading:
Trump loves a strongman, so of course he fawns over Hungary’s Viktor Orban  (Washington Post, 5/25/2018)
The Trump administration’s friendly and intensive contacts with the Orban government represent a radical departure: It watches idly as Orban dismantles his nation’s democratic institutions. For instance, the pro-government weekly Figyelo recently issued an enemies list of about 200 prominent opposition individuals. 

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