Outside the US, people now assume that the American president is lying. He doesn't just fail to lead, he is an active source of international chaos and disintegration

He is right, of course, that other leaders are taking drastic measures. But there is a question of context: Nobody thinks Macron, Conte, Merkel or Johnson is seeking to abuse this situation for personal or political gain. But Orban already has.

Among other things, the emergency has been used as an excuse to remove funding from opposition political parties. Once again, rules are written to favor Fidesz, the ruling party.

Also: the question of whether the Hungarian parliament is or is not actually sitting in a room somewhere or meeting online is irrelevant. The law says the prime minister can override anything the parliament does or says. The institution is now purely ceremonial.

A "consortium of states" will work together...if only we had something, maybe something like a federal government, to coordinate

America will be saved by its mayors, governors and civil society

“The president lives in a world of wishes and hope.”

"If somebody else had been president...Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Mike Pence, really almost anybody else—the United States would still have been afflicted by the coronavirus. But it would have been better prepared, and better able to respond."

In which I talk to @gazeta_wyborcza