US vice-president JD Vance and Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán share a platform in advance of an election in that country. JD Vance lavished praise on Orbán, who has become a fixture at Maga [make America great again] events in the US and Europe. The vice-president held up the phone to a microphone, with Trump telling the crowd: “I love Hungary and I love Viktor. The prime minister’s campaign, vilifying Brussels and Kyiv as the main culprits for Hungary’s economic woes, has proven less effective. Orbán and Vance on Tuesday spoke about their shared defence of western civilisation.

Source: The Irish Times April 07, 2026 16:14 UTC