Glass Empires By W. A. Lawrence (12/11/25)

12/20/2025

The money trail connecting Heritage 2.0’s family separation policies to Russian interests runs through Hungary’s state-owned MOL oil company sourcing over 90% of crude from Russian producers despite EU sanctions punishing Moscow for invading Ukraine. In 2020, Hungary’s parliament awarded Mathias Corvinus Collegium a 10% MOL ownership stake as part of Viktor Orbán’s plan funding authoritarian intellectual infrastructure across Europe and North America using energy profits from Russia’s fossil fuel exports. In 2023, MOL paid MCC €50 million in dividend payments from Russian oil sales, money MCC immediately funneled into formal partnerships with Heritage Foundation developing mass deportation policies now implemented through Homan’s dual role.

Batthyány Lajos Foundation received €40.14 million in direct allocations from Hungary’s Prime Minister’s Office between 2022 and 2023, providing complete financial support for Danube Institute. Heritage signed formal cooperation agreement with Danube Institute in 2022, with Roberts declaring “Modern Hungary is the model for conservative statecraft” and explicitly endorsing Orbán’s authoritarian governance characterized by eroding independent judiciary, capturing media through government-friendly ownership, and consolidating executive power.

Between 2021 and 2024, Danube Institute paid American conservative writers over $1.64 million to produce articles promoting Hungarian government policies in American media without disclosing foreign funding. Rod Dreher received $8,750 monthly for favorable Orbán coverage presenting authoritarianism as viable conservative alternative while Christopher Rufo collected $35,000 for a six-week fellowship producing content advancing Hungarian talking points about Western liberalism’s failures and immigration’s civilizational threat.

In December 2024, weeks before Trump’s January 2025 inauguration, Heritage convened representatives from MCC and Poland’s Ordo Iuris Institute presenting proposals for dismantling the European Commission and European Court of Justice. VSquare obtained invitations explicitly framing discussions as shaping Trump administration policy, proving Heritage coordinated with foreign government representatives receiving tens of millions in state funding to develop foreign policy frameworks now guiding US-Europe relations throughout 2025.

Heritage Personnel Control Trump’s Second Administration

Russell Vought serves as Trump’s Office of Management and Budget director after authoring Project 2025’s blueprint for expanding presidential power and purging career civil servants. Homan operates as Border Czar while maintaining his Heritage fellowship position, creating egregious conflict where the individual collecting Heritage paychecks implements identical policies Heritage developed through partnerships with organizations receiving €50 million from Russian oil profits.

Brendan Carr chairs the Federal Communications Commission after writing Project 2025’s FCC chapter praising Orbán’s media control through regulatory pressure and discriminatory licensing. Marco Rubio serves as Secretary of State after Heritage praised him as “uniquely positioned” for foreign policy favoring authoritarian governments, systematically downgrading Ukraine support while advancing diplomatic positions aligning with Heritage 2.0’s emphasis on relationships with regimes funded by Russian energy exports.

At least fifty additional Trump officials maintain documented Heritage connections, creating systematic implementation across immigration enforcement separating twenty million families, communications regulation silencing opposition, civil service restructuring eliminating career employees with institutional knowledge, and foreign relations favoring authoritarian governments over democratic allies.