Hungary’s Orbán wishes Donald Trump good luck in phone call
The controversial prime minister is keeping his fingers crossed for the Republican candidate.
Former United States President Donald Trump received best wishes from his old pal, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
“Just got off the phone with President @realDonaldTrump. I wished him the best of luck for next Tuesday,” Orbán announced on X, referring to the upcoming U.S. election without specifying who called whom.
The Hungarian prime minister added: “Only five days to go. Fingers crossed.”
Closeness between the two leaders began to build in 2016, when Viktor Orbán was the first European leader to call Trump “a better option” in the presidential race against Hillary Clinton.
Their bromance further blossomed as they praised each other when they met at the White House in 2019. Even after Capitol Hill was stormed on Jan. 6, 2021, Orbán continued to call Trump his “good friend.”
As Trump’s current campaign unfolded, Orbán adopted a modified version of his slogan for use during Hungary’s presidency of the Council of the European Union: “Make Europe Great Again.” Trump also publicly praised Orbán in his nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in late July.
Even as former GOP officials sounded the alarm over Orbán’s ties to Russia and China, Orbán publicly claimed to be helping draft the Trump team’s policy.
After the European Parliament’s debate on Hungary’s EU presidency earlier this month, Orbán said at a press conference that he’d open “several bottles of champagne” if Trump won.
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