Vance blasts EU, lauds Orbšn in Budapest (Tara Suter/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5819317-vance-praises-orban-budapest/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p65#a260407p65
JD Vance repeatedly criticised allegedly unprecedented and “disgraceful” foreign interference in the Hungarian parliamentary election,
while effectively strongly endorsing Viktor Orbšn to win the vote on Sunday
in what critics will no doubt see as his very own interference with the country’s electoral process.
"JD Vance has railed against the EU, accusing it of blatantly interfering in Hungary’s upcoming elections, even as the US vice-president said he had travelled to Budapest to “help” Viktor Orbšn win Sunday’s vote."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr
Vance accuses EU of 'foreign interference' in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbšn - Europe live (Jakub Krupa/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/07/jd-vance-budapest-viktor-orban-hungary-election-france-nicolas-sarkozy-denmark-coalition-russia-ukraine-europe-latest-updates-news
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p32#a260407p32
Speaking to reporters as he departed Budapest, J.D. Vance said:
"[Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf] said we refuse to give up the right to enrichment.
“I thought to myself, you know what?
My wife has the right to skydive,
but she doesn’t jump out of an airplane
because she and I have an agreement that she’s not going to do that
because I don’t want my wife jumping out of an airplane,”
Vance said in reaction to Ghalibaf’s comment
JD Vance will visit Hungary on Tuesday
in an 11th-hour attempt to boost key MAGA ally Prime Minister Viktor Orbšn
before an all-important election on Sunday, but the U.S. vice president’s trip appears unlikely to swing an increasingly bitter race.
Trump has already issued several endorsements of Orbšn
— a Kremlin-aligned proponent of “illiberal democracy”
— but polls suggest those interventions have done little to boost the struggling prime minister,
who …
JD Vance backs Orbšn's re-election bid in Budapest visit and hits out at EU (Paul Kirby/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv16lq2rp1o
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p96#a260407p96
"Hungary seized two Ukrainian cash transport vehicles with $40M, 35M euros and 9kg of gold,
detaining seven Oshchadbank staff.
FM Sybiha calls it "state terrorism and racketeering."
GPS puts the vehicles in central Budapest near a security agency."
https://bsky…