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Trump’s victory threatens forint with collapse, Orbán cabinet happy and congratulates
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The Hungarian forint is at a 2-year low against the American dollar following Donald Trump’s decisive victory. All regional currencies are struggling because the strong dollar is bad news for emerging currencies like the Czech koruna or the Polish zloty. Meanwhile, PM Viktor Orbán, who established a strong relationship with Trump in the past few years, congratulated the newly-elected President and talked about a “spectacular victory” and “the greatest comeback in Western political history”. FM Szijjártó expressed hopes towards a ‘top shape’ cooperation with America again.
Trump’s victory did not help the forint. The American dollar is at a 2-year-high against the Hungarian national currency and all emerging currencies are struggling in the region. The USD was at a historic peak against the forint on 8 October 2022 because of the economic difficulties following the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine.
The euro is also at a 22-month peak against the forint. The last time the EU currency was stronger was in December 2022 with 418. The exchange rate is now at 410/EUR but it was 412 earlier today.
PM Orbán congratulates, talks about “spectacular victory”
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán commented on the US presidential election on Wednesday and said “I see a spectacular victory, perhaps the greatest comeback in Western political history, a huge fight”. Speaking about Donald Trump, Orbán said that the Republican politician had first faced prison and a confiscation of his assets. He later faced an assassination attempt while “the whole media world of the US turned against him”, Orbán said, adding that “he has still won.”
He said it gave a great encouragement to everyone “who believes in will, struggle and perseverance, and a hope for peace for the world.”
It was hoped early this year that pro-peace forces would become a majority in the Western world by the end of the year and would defeat the pro-war camp, the prime minister said, adding that “there is now a great chance” to achieve that. He expressed hope for the economy to gain heat and for US-Hungary relations “to return to their golden era.”
“We have a number of plans that we can carry out together with President Donald Trump in the coming years,” Orbán said in a video published on Facebook. Interestingly, Orbán was addressed as President in the Reels video.
US-Hungary cooperation can get into a top shape
“The decision of American voters gives us good hopes that political cooperation between the United States and Hungary could again get into a top shape,” the foreign minister said on Facebook on Wednesday morning.
Péter Szijjártó highlighted that bilateral political relations had been at their peak during the first presidency of Donald Trump, when “dialogue and talks were in the focus of efforts aimed at resolving conflicts that jeopardised global security”. “We have similar positions concerning peace, illegal immigration and the protection of the family,” the minister said.
“We have the best ever chance so far for peace to return to Ukraine after almost a thousand days,” he added.
‘This is a magnificent victory for the American people that will allow us to make America great again,’ Trump says
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump early Wednesday thanked Americans for the apparent “honor of being elected” to the nation’s highest office, Anadolu news agency wrote.
Mr Prime Minister – those “Crates” of Champagne – how SWEET they are.
WHAT a FUTURE – for Hungary – what ADDITION – POWER & Glory – it will bring to your Prime Ministership – that YOU will SHARE with the people of Hungary.
WHAT a WIN – for Hungary.
WHAT a DECOROUS celebration – that ALL Hungary should JOIN in.
Congratulations to trump. It was a huge victory, but orban, as usual, is hanging on a victory that doesn’t belong to him. And Hungarians should not believe that this victory will improve hungarian economy. Trump will be hitting hard on china,.the lige saver of Hungary. Good luck!
Fidesz hopes that a Trump presidency will help them to cement the circle of Russian alliance around Hungary that they line their pockets from. As is immediately apparent there are consequences that will be quite negative. None of this will be good for Europe and will be especially bad for Hungary. Trump being a facsist the same as Orban does not put food on the table or bring anything else to Hungarians except perhaps a few words of encourgement to keep on with your facsism.. Putin is the biggest winner today. He has been promoting Trump for years and his investment is now paying off. Eric Trump said in 2014 “We don’t rely on American banks. We get all the funding we need out of Russia”
The Daily News is more concerned about the exchange rate than a nuclear war.
If Trump brings peace, this will be the best thing for the Forint.
Trump will bring peace? A piece of Ukraine, a piece of Georgia, a piece of Hungary, a piece of Poland.