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Trump Endorses Orbán Amid Election Uncertainty in Hungary

3/23/2026

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Donald Trump endorsed Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of the April 12 election, praising him as a strong leader at the CPAC Hungary conference.
Polls suggest Orbán may lose to challenger Péter Magyar.
The event in Budapest featured far-right European leaders, including Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini, at a "Patriots’ Grand Assembly."
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk addressed allegations of a Russian intelligence service assassination plot against Orbán, which Hungary's foreign minister dismissed as conspiracy theories.

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Donald Trump endorsed Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of the April 12 election, praising him as a strong leader at the CPAC Hungary conference.
Polls suggest Orbán may lose to challenger Péter Magyar.
The event in Budapest featured far-right European leaders, including Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini, at a "Patriots’ Grand Assembly."
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk addressed allegations of a Russian intelligence service assassination plot against Orbán, which Hungary's foreign minister dismissed as conspiracy theories.