Vice President Vance visits Hungary to boost Orban ahead of pivotal election

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will travel to Hungary on Tuesday on a mission to boost the electoral campaign of the country’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who faces the toughest re-election bid of his political career.
During the two-day visit, coming just days before the April 12 parliamentary elections, Vance will meet with Orban and attend a campaign rally with him, according to Hungarian government sources.
“I’m looking forward to seeing my good friend Viktor, and we’ll talk about any number of things related to the US-Hungary relationship,” Vance told reporters before departing Washington, adding relations with Europe and Ukraine will be discussed.
The rare in-person gesture of support for Orban by a senior U.S. official is the latest example of President Donald Trump’s efforts to prop up like-minded right-wing leaders, including in Argentina and Japan.