US EditionTrump tells ABC News reporter he was not concerned about Orban's loss in Hungary
President Trump expressed no concern over Viktor Orbán's defeat, favoring new leader Peter Magyar and stating he believes the newcomer will perform well.
- On Sunday, Hungarian voters handed a decisive victory to Peter Magyar's Tisza party, ousting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power with record turnout.
- Orbán, who was backed by Trump and maintained close ties to Moscow, faced voters' rejection after leading Hungary for over a decade and a half. Vice President JD Vance had rallied for the incumbent last week.
- President Donald Trump told ABC News on Tuesday he had no concerns about Orbán's defeat and said the newcomer is "going to do a good job." Trump noted Magyar was formerly in Orbán's party.
- Congratulatory messages from Orbán's allies, including Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, reached the incoming Tisza government; Magyar invited them to commemorate Hungary's 70th anniversary of the 1956 revolution.
- Magyar expects Orbán to drop his technical veto on the European Union's 90 billion euro loan package for Ukraine, which Orbán had taken an "unprecedented step in the EU" by refusing to endorse during the campaign.
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The leader of the party that criticized President Viktor Orbán referred to President Donald Trump's praise.
Although he, like J.D. Vance, had openly supported Viktor Orbán, the American president states that nothing will change in relations with Hungary.
Donald Trump has taken only three days to distance himself from one of his biggest allies, Viktor Orbán, after his electoral defeat in Hungary.The president of the United States has assured that he is not worried about the fall of his ally so far and has unexpectedly praised the next Hungarian head of government, Péter Magyar.Continue reading....
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