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Date of Trump’s Budapest visit leaked – he may come to help PM Orbán win the elections
President Trump, the bold US leader openly backing Viktor Orbán and his political crew, could swoop into Budapest just weeks before Hungary’s parliamentary elections—called for 12 April by the republic’s president. And could Putin drop by too, right before polling day?
Putin for Budapest?
Viktor Orbán stands out as one of the rare politicians whose election win has both the rival US and Russian presidents cheering from the sidelines. After Trump and Putin’s Alaska summit, whispers even surfaced of sealing a Ukraine peace deal in Budapest. That idea quickly fizzled when Russia’s demands proved a non-starter for Ukraine.
Talks grind on, but the two presidents visiting Budapest—Ukraine deal or not—has long been on the cards. Before Russia’s full-scale Ukraine invasion, Putin and Orbán met yearly in Budapest; since 2022, it’s been Moscow only, with their latest huddle last November. At his January international press briefing, Orbán made it clear: Putin’s visit isn’t timely, as they covered everything in Moscow.
Trump’s arrival imminent
Not so with Trump. The US president eyeing a takeover of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could land in Budapest within months, turbocharging Orbán’s campaign sprint. And boy, does Orbán need it. Medián’s latest poll shows Péter Magyar and the Tisza Party with a rock-solid lead. Political analyst Gábor Török warned that if the numbers hold, Tisza’s edge is unbeatable. Non-government polls have had Tisza out front since November 2024.
Budapest hosts the CPAC—the US conservative powerhouse gathering—for the fifth time in 2026. It’s a magnet for aligned European and American leaders, past and present. Staging it costs a fortune, but Orbán’s governments always splash out on A-list guests. Trump got invites yearly but sent video messages—until perhaps this year.
On 21 March, he might finally show up in person. Miklós Szánthó, head of the Centre for Fundamental Rights and CPAC mastermind, wouldn’t confirm or deny Blikk’s scoop.
How many US presidents have visited Hungary?
Just three sitting US presidents have set foot in Hungary: George H.W. Bush in 1989, Bill Clinton in 1994, and George W. Bush in 2006 for the 1950 Revolution’s 50th anniversary. Lesser-known gem: back in 1910, ex-President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt—fresh from his second term—spent days touring Hungary, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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if the EU intervine in elections Hungarians get mad, but if the USA do it, they are welcoming it. i know, crazy!
And do you want to know why it is this way, Dear Jose?
Because when the EU intervenes they steal billions of Hungarian Forints from the Hungarian taxpayer.
And when the US. Government intervenes? : they bring celebrities bearing large cash gifts.
I know it sounds crazy, Dear Jose, but, maybe the Hungarians, outside of Budapest, are just smart enough to have figured out what the better deal is…