JD Vance will visit Orbán in Budapest in the final stretch of the elections in Hungary to convey Trump’s support

According to the portal Index.hu, close to the Hungarian government, both politicians will appear before the press around noon on Tuesday. In the afternoon, Vance will cover Orbán in a political rally of the conservative and governmental Fidesz party.

In confirming Vance’s trip to Hungary on April 7-8 last week, the White House indicated that the vice president was scheduled to deliver a speech on the “important alliance between the US and Hungary“.

Orbán, in power since 2010, is a close ally of US President Donald Trump, with whom he maintains a close relationship. The last time they both met was in November 2025in the White House.

“He is a true leader. strong and powerful“Trump wrote about Orbán in a publication on platform X. This is one of the many occasions on which he has expressed his support for the Hungarian leader.

Vance comes to support the ultranationalist president at a crucial moment, as for the first time he faces the risk of losing power after 16 consecutive years of government with absolute majorities.

Less than a week before the elections, his main rival, the opposition Péter Hungarianleads the polls on voting intentions with a clear advantage.

“I respectfully ask the American vice president to clarify in his speech that he does not they ask for soldiers from Hungaryand that Hungary will not play any role in the war in Iran,” Magyar warned in statements to the 444.hu portal.

According to the latest surveys by the 21 Research Center, Magyar’s Tisza party has the support of 56% of voters19 points more than 37% of Fidesz.

The visit to Budapest of the American vice president takes place about two months after that of the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. The US and Hungary then signed a cooperation agreement on civil nuclear energy.

Energy has been one of Orbán’s main battlehorses to run for re-election. This Sunday, his government accused Ukraine of prepare a sabotage against the gas pipeline that brings Russian gas to Hungary through Serbia, where explosives were found near the infrastructure.

“This attempted terrorist attack fits perfectly into a series of actions with which the Ukrainians are constantly trying to cut off gas and oil supplies from Russia to Europe“said the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó.”

Orbán’s government also maintains a confrontation with Volódimir Zelensky’s government over the Druzhba pipelinewhich runs through Ukrainian territory and was damaged in a Russian attack at the end of January.

According to Budapest, kyiv does not repair it for political reasonswith the supposed purpose of weakening popular support for the ruling party in the legislative elections.