Reports say Trump administration is encouraging Viktor Orbán to seek UN secretary-general post

Where Left and Right agree, and where they split

Where Left and Right agree

Three permanent Security Council members, the U.S., Russia and China, are aligned behind encouraging Orbán before any formal candidacy or decision exists.

Where Left and Right split

The left and the right split on whether backing Orbán threatens UN legitimacy or just shows smart U.S. leverage.

Why they won’t converge

The split rests on values, not facts: whether great-power coordination to pick a UN secretary-general is an illegitimate capture of a body meant to check strong states or ordinary, acceptable statecraft.

Watch for

Watch the next Security Council straw poll, since six prior rounds left all candidates deadlocked and already prompted one late entrant, Lana Nusseibeh, to join the race.i24NEWS English, Cyprus Mail