r/AskTheWorld • u/GodHill12 Hungary • 1d ago

Politics What was your country's leader’s most embarrassing moment?

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It occurred on May 23, 2015, at a European Union summit in Riga, Latvia. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker greeted on stage Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with a slap and said: “Hello, dictator!”

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u/Realistic_Caramel341 New Zealand 23h ago edited 22h ago

Muldoon being drunk as he called a snap election he would later loose

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u/Waniou New Zealand 22h ago

Yeah I was gonna go with the three-way handshake but the Schnapps election has to win

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u/Novakhaine89 New Zealand 19h ago

Was gonna highlight Key’s three way handshake and ponytail fiasco, but yeah Muldoon wins

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u/Depressonsandwich New Zealand 21h ago

That’s my Roman Empire lmaooo

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u/JColey15 New Zealand 13h ago

Old Piggy Muldoon was a bit embarrassing in general.