{"id":12473,"date":"2026-07-17T13:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=12473"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:50:49","slug":"trump-urges-hungarians-to-get-out-and-vote-for-ally-orban-as-election-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=12473","title":{"rendered":"Trump urges Hungarians to \u2018get out and vote for\u2019 ally Orb\u00e1n as election looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trump urges Hungarians to \u2018get out and vote for\u2019 ally Orb\u00e1n as election looms<\/h4>\n
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President Trump\u00a0is encouraging Hungarians to \u201cget out and vote\u201d for Prime Minister\u00a0Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s reelection as the country prepares to head to the polls on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Trump praised his close ally as a \u201ctruly strong and powerful Leader\u201d in a\u00a0Truth Social post\u00a0on Thursday, crediting him with helping reach \u201cnew heights of cooperation and spectacular achievement\u201d between the U.S. and Hungary.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHungary: GET OUT AND VOTE FOR VIKTOR ORB\u00c1N,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cHe is a true friend, fighter, and WINNER, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Hungary \u2014 VIKTOR ORB\u00c1N WILL NEVER LET THE GREAT PEOPLE OF HUNGARY DOWN. I AM WITH HIM ALL THE WAY!\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s post included a picture of the two men from Orb\u00e1n\u2019s\u00a0visit to the White House\u00a0in November, a meeting that centered around the prime minister\u2019s request for an\u00a0exemption to import\u00a0Russian oil amid U.S. sanctions.<\/p>\n

The endorsement, which the president\u00a0formally offered\u00a0in February, comes after\u00a0Vice President Vance\u00a0traveled to Budapest this week to\u00a0shore up support\u00a0for Orb\u00e1n ahead of the parliamentary elections on April 12.<\/p>\n

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Orb\u00e1n has served as Hungary\u2019s prime minister continuously since 2010 and has become a polarizing figure in global politics. Right-wing admirers hail his \u201cilliberal\u201d model of governance, while critics\u00a0argue\u00a0he has undermined the rule of law and press freedom to funnel resources to the country\u2019s oligarchs.<\/p>\n

He has also been criticized for his close ties to Russian President\u00a0Vladimir Putin\u00a0and\u00a0public opposition\u00a0to Ukraine joining the European Union.<\/p>\n

Orb\u00e1n and his Fidesz party are facing their toughest test yet in the upcoming elections, with recent independent polling indicating that the Tisza opposition party is on track to win a two-thirds majority in Parliament, according to\u00a0Reuters.<\/p>\n

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Opposition leader P\u00e9ter Magyar\u00a0told The Associated Press in an\u00a0exclusive interview\u00a0last Friday that the election would be a \u201creferendum\u201d on Hungary\u2019s global standing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHungarians still see that Hungary\u2019s peace and development are guaranteed by membership of the European Union and NATO,\u201d Magyar told the AP. \u201cI think this really will be a referendum on our country\u2019s place in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump urges Hungarians to \u2018get out and vote for\u2019 ally Orb\u00e1n as election looms President Trump\u00a0is encouraging Hungarians to \u201cget out and vote\u201d for Prime Minister\u00a0Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s reelection as the … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12474,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12473\/revisions\/12474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}