--- title: "\"Astonished as never before\": Tusk makes sarcastic comments on scandals in Orban's circle" description: "Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk ironically commented on the detention of the former Hungarian government head's brother and the discovery of a large sum of cash buried in a forest, seized from a former Hungarian official." date: 2026-11-14T15:08:04.618Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/tusk-ironically-responds-to-orban-scandals tags: [donald-tusk, viktor-orban, hungary, poland, corruption-scandal] author: "Alexander Buran, Marina Slivenko" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # "Astonished as never before": Tusk makes sarcastic comments on scandals in Orban's circle ![Donald Tusk wearing a dark blue suit at an official event, serious facial expression.](https://xab.info/media/2026/11/14/tusk-ironichno-otvetil-na-skandaly-v-ogrudenii-orbana/tusk-ironichno-otvetil-na-skandaly-v-ogrudenii-orbana-1.webp) ## Key Points - Donald Tusk made sarcastic comments regarding two episodes involving Viktor Orban's circle: the detention of his brother and the discovery of cash buried in the forest. - On November 13, searches took place in Hungary in the case of former minister Miklós Seszták; over 13.5 million euros in forints, 2.66 million euros, and 1.26 million dollars were seized. - On November 11, a Budapest court ordered the one-month detention of Aron Orban and his partner on suspicion of facilitating illegal smuggling. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has publicly ridiculed recent high-profile events surrounding former Hungarian government head Viktor Orban. In an address directed straight at the Hungarian politician, the Polish leader used an ironic tone, recalling two sensational episodes linked to his inner circle: the detention of Orban's younger brother and the discovery of a large sum of cash which a former official, according to investigators, buried in a forest. ### The Polish Prime Minister's ironic message "Dear Viktor, I have always admired your creativity, but now I must say that I am astonished as never before," Tusk wrote, accompanying his words with a sarcastic assessment of the situation. In this way, the Polish Prime Minister commented on two episodes that have become the subject of widespread discussion in Europe in recent days: the arrest of the brother of the former head of the Hungarian government and the discovery, as he phrased it, of 20 million dollars that a former Hungarian official allegedly buried in the forest. ### Cash found in the forest: details of the searches On November 13, the Hungarian National Asset Management and Protection Office reported large-scale coordinated investigative actions in several localities across the country. They were conducted as part of a criminal case against Miklós Seszták, who held the position of Minister of National Development in Viktor Orban's government. During the searches, law enforcement officers discovered significant amounts of cash stored in various places: it was being buried in the forest, hidden in agricultural and warehouse buildings, as well as in a private house; some of the money was located in a large safe installed in a hidden location. According to the agency, a total of 5,071,632,000 forints (over 13.5 million euros), 2,658,350 euros, and 1,257,100 US dollars were seized during two days of searches. These official figures confirm the scale of the discovered funds, which Tusk had previously pointed to with irony in his statement. ### Detention of the ex-premier's brother On November 11, a court in Budapest ordered the detention for one month of Aron Orban, the younger brother of the former Hungarian Prime Minister, and his partner. According to available data, they are suspected of potentially assisting Vietnamese citizens in illegal smuggling into Western Europe. This decision became the second resonant episode that Tusk combined in his sarcastic commentary. ### Broader context surrounding Orban Against the backdrop of these events, other reports linked to the name of the Hungarian politician are also being discussed in the public sphere: it recently became known that in the past, Viktor Orban, according to several sources, was an informant for intelligence services, and his denunciations are reportedly held in Russia. Additionally, the media space has raised the question of who is promoting the former Hungarian Prime Minister for the post of UN Secretary-General. The combination of these topics forms the backdrop against which Tusk's statement is perceived as a public political assessment of the current state of affairs in Hungary. ## Fact-Check & Sources - ["Я поражен": Туск публично унизил Орбан на фоне громких скандалов](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/ya-vrazheniy-tusk-publichno-priniziv-orban-1794664469.html) - Source material: Tusk's quote, data from the Hungarian National Asset Management and Protection Office (November 13) regarding the seized amounts, and the Budapest court decision (November 11) on the detention of Aron Orban. ## FAQ ### What specifically did Donald Tusk comment on? Tusk ironically commented on two episodes surrounding Viktor Orban's circle: the detention of the former premier's younger brother and the discovery of a large sum of cash that, according to him, a former official buried in the forest. ### How much money was seized during the November 13 searches? According to the Hungarian agency, 5,071,632,000 forints (over 13.5 million euros), 2,658,350 euros, and 1,257,100 US dollars were seized during two days of searches. ### Who was detained on November 11 and for what reason? A court in Budapest ordered the one-month detention of Aron Orban and his partner; they are suspected of potentially assisting Vietnamese citizens in illegal smuggling into Western Europe.