Trump administration officials are reportedly floating former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán for UN secretary-general, potentially backed by the US, Russia and China, though nothing is confirmed and his selection remains uncertain.

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[–] 40 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Well that’s fucked in the head. Even more fucked than he is normally.

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

    Any permanent member of the security council can veto a nomination, so I wonder how Trump plans to convince the UK and France to allow this. Is it possible that he plans to have this nomination defeated, so that the next nomination - the one he really wants - succeeds?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Plus nine of the 11 non permanent members need to agree. There is an almost 0% chance this will happen.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    that's what I said about Trump 1.0 and yet here we are, the idiot timeline.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago

    He would still need to convince France and the UK to support (not veto) any subsequent candidates. There's also no guarantee China wouldn't veto him due to their ever-growing economic ties to the EU.

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