US Vice President JD Vance, who has been in Hungary to boost Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's fortunes ahead of a crucial election, has suggested that the country's education crackdown should be a model for the U.S. He believes that if conservatives are successful in combating liberal indoctrination in American colleges and universities, they can achieve. This comes as part of a wider trend in Hungary, where Prime Minister Orbán has long criticized the Central European University, which he accuses of using foreign funding to outcompete domestic institutions and meddle in Hungarian life. The university was eventually driven out of the country after Orbán’s government passed legislation demanding it comply with several impossible requirements. The vote is seen as a crucial moment in Hungary's trajectory as it continues to act as a hard-right ideological ally of Washington within the European Union.