US EditionViktor Orban Is Meeting Donald Trump as "Orban Fatigue" Grows at Home
Trump praised Orban's leadership while discussing a Russia-Ukraine war resolution and Hungary’s request for a sanctions exemption due to its energy dependence on Russia.
- On Friday, November 7, 2025, President Donald Trump hosted Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House to discuss Russia-related issues, trade, and a potential summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Amid Hungary's reliance on Russian energy, Viktor Orban urged exemption from new U.S. sanctions on Russia's largest oil companies that will take effect later this month, calling it vital for Hungary.
- President Donald Trump praised Viktor Orban's leadership and immigration and crime policies, saying, 'We were talking about that with Viktor, he understands Putin and knows him very well' and 'I happen to think he was right, because their whole fabric has changed'.
- Plans for a Trump-Putin summit stalled after President Donald Trump said last month, 'That meeting, it turned out, I didn't want to do that meeting, because I didn't think anything would be happening of significance', and he preferred Budapest as the location.
- Seen as a hero by some U.S. conservatives, Viktor Orban, Hungary's Prime Minister, hosted a Conservative Political Action Conference event earlier this year but faces criticism from Human Rights Watch and the European Union.
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The Hungarian Prime Minister has obtained from Washington to be able to continue to supply himself with Russian oil and a point of convergence, on immigration. Trump sends an explicit message to Europe: "Follow Orban!"
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