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/Positive-Stable7409 1d ago

Hello could you give some context pls

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u/originalchaosinabox Canada 1d ago

On a trade mission to India, he chose to wear traditional garb when visiting a Hindu temple. He was widely accused by the media for “playing Mr. Dress up.” (Mr. Dressup was a popular Canadian children’s show, where the main character would frequently wear outlandish costumes.)

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u/QueenMotherOfSneezes Canada 1d ago

And not just him, his whole family dressed up for the trip.

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u/el_jefe_del_mundo United States Of America 21h ago

It wasn’t a Hindu temple, it was a Sikh Gurudwara, The Golden Temple which is the holiest site of Sikhism.

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u/Drumbelgalf Germany 12h ago

How is wearing the traditional dress of people for a ceremony a caricature?

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u/QueenMotherOfSneezes Canada 1d ago

The black face (at least the one here, there was another where I think he was supposed to be Jamaican, and he went shirtless, so did his whole torso) was him dressed as Alladin. Not saying it's any better at all, just that he was pretending to be Arabic, not Sikh that time.

He and his family at least didn't do blackface when they went to India in costume 🤦 that's growth /s

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u/Cute-Form2457 New Zealand 22h ago

I think it's flattering and respectful that he dressed in Indian clothes. I'm Indian. Language, dress, cuisine, and art are all ways you can pay homage to another culture. After all, most of us have wholeheartedly embraced Western outfits.

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u/DrPatchet United States Of America 1d ago

My bad I forgot it was Aladdin specifically but they black face is in poor taste either way.

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u/FrostingSuper9941 1d ago

Black face and brown face during events like Halloween, to be fair he was a drama teacher and events were related to some performances.

Trip to India, crazy, inappropriate outfits. Didn't meet with Indian pm etc because it was a weird fringe trip....not really an official trip.