When Vice President JD Vance heads to Budapest this week, his support for Hungary’s embattled prime minister, Viktor Orban, will represent a last-ditch bid to rescue the pro-Kremlin Hungarian who has forged ties to the top of the MAGA movement but is trailing in the polls ahead of a national election on April 12.
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Thursday, April 9
In Hungary, MAGA ally Orban trails in polls and awaits visit by JD Vance
