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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(123,718 posts)
Tue May 20, 2025, 05:47 PM May 20

Another world leader who embraced Trump gets burned

George Simion pledged to “Make Romania Great Again” and said he was running “on the MAGA ticket" to become president of the Eastern European country. The New York Times even declared that Simion was the favorite in the race, after he had come in first in an earlier round of voting to winnow the field down to two candidates.

Yet on Sunday, Simion lost decisively to Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, becoming the latest foreign leader to lose an election after embracing Donald Trump.

Simion tried to adopt a lot of Trump’s schtick, including claiming that the only way he’d lose the election was if there was fraud, and that dead voters were going to cost him the race. Sound familiar?

"We are winning by a landslide in these elections, and the only thing that can stop us is some people interfering with the voting process,” Simion told American right-wing nutjob and conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec in a May interview.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/19/2323183/-Another-world-leader-who-embraced-Trump-gets-burned?detail=emaildkre

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Another world leader who embraced Trump gets burned (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 20 OP
#ETTD... Wounded Bear May 20 #1
Almost makes me believe in a god. But I'll take common sense any day! I suppose any US aid will be cut off dutch777 May 20 #2
Burn baby burn 🔥 Clouds Passing May 20 #3
Lets see if Pope Leo does mr715 May 20 #4
He's now gone to the Supreme Court of Romania. AloeVera May 20 #5
Is their Supreme Court corrupted? Sure hope not. Dave Bowman May 20 #7
Me too! Their anti-corruption movement has made some gains. AloeVera May 20 #8
What a freaking great news! Dave Bowman May 20 #6
Hey George Simion.. Cope Harder! Your Stupid maga Shit Cha May 20 #9
You gotta believe DENVERPOPS May 20 #10
E T T D SCantiGOP May 20 #11
I guess the Romanian voters are a heck-of-a-lot smarter than the US voters FakeNoose May 20 #12

dutch777

(4,526 posts)
2. Almost makes me believe in a god. But I'll take common sense any day! I suppose any US aid will be cut off
Tue May 20, 2025, 05:53 PM
May 20

AloeVera

(2,845 posts)
5. He's now gone to the Supreme Court of Romania.
Tue May 20, 2025, 06:19 PM
May 20

To annul the election. He says France and Moldova interfered and dead people voted.

These pepple have the same playbook. It's laughable but scary.

AloeVera

(2,845 posts)
8. Me too! Their anti-corruption movement has made some gains.
Tue May 20, 2025, 07:39 PM
May 20

In government at least. I don't know how good their courts are, but it is part of the EU so there have to be some standards. But then again, I look at my native country next door - Hungary- and I'm amazed the EU hasn't kicked it out yet.

Dave Bowman

(5,222 posts)
6. What a freaking great news!
Tue May 20, 2025, 06:21 PM
May 20

I was afraid that the nazis would steal the election there too. 👍👍👍

Cha

(311,284 posts)
9. Hey George Simion.. Cope Harder! Your Stupid maga Shit
Tue May 20, 2025, 07:55 PM
May 20

Didn't work.

The World is looking at what HELL the US is going through right now.. and Just saying NO Fucking Way.

DENVERPOPS

(12,370 posts)
10. You gotta believe
Tue May 20, 2025, 08:18 PM
May 20

That all the Republican Politicians, other than Trump and his CABAL, are taking notice and are getting frightened.

And they will do all they can to get in place a Tyranny, even before the next Mid-term election.....

FakeNoose

(37,486 posts)
12. I guess the Romanian voters are a heck-of-a-lot smarter than the US voters
Tue May 20, 2025, 08:52 PM
May 20

This also shows that Putin's grip on Eastern European politics isn't as great as everyone seems to think.

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