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Who is George Simion, the MAGA-style nationalist who topped polls in Romania’s presidential redo? (apnews.com)

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George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, has won Romania’s first-round presidential election after capitalizing on widespread anti-establishment sentiment.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

“This is why we need a strong NATO and we need troops on the ground in Romania, in Poland and in the Baltic states,” he said, although he was against sending further military aid to Ukraine.

And then he calls himself perfectly aligned with MAGA. :D

Unfortunately, MAGA is anti-NATO, "pay Donald so your house won't catch fire on a case by case basis".

If I was naive, I would consider if he's clueless or a liar. Since he's a well educated man, he cannot be clueless - he's a liar, of course.

He earned his first political points surfing on anti-vaccination waves. Basically "don't tell us to be reasonable and protect our health, it's our choice if we want to suffer".

Now apparently, he's the embodiment of "don't tell us to be reasonable and choose moderate politicians, it's our choice if we want to suffer".

He's capitalising on resentment against the court intervening in elections, after Georgescu "forgot" to tell about unknown (read: Russian) actors backing him with thousands of accounts and millions of money. The court did its job. People just weren't aware that it was a court's job to supervise elections.

I wonder if he gets elected. It would not bring any good.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yep, Russia's propaganda machine works like a charm. This worm had half of romanian voters thinking it will be better on the east side, fuck this timeline.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Its crazy how far Romania has gotten in the last 20 years. Can't believe people want to turn back toward Russia smh

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I thought that was Mr. Bean for a sec. No disrespect to Mr. Bean.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 hours ago

I’m for having him replaced with Rowen Atkinson. 👍