Foreign policy by friendship: government says Orbán-Trump bond protects Hungary’s interests

Hungary’s current strategic cooperation with the United States rests on the personal relationship and friendship between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and President Donald Trump, and maintaining this partnership is in Hungary’s national interest, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Budapest on Monday.

Speaking after talks with his American counterpart, Szijjártó noted that the visit marked the first trip to Hungary by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio since President Trump returned to office last year. According to the minister, the visit once again clearly demonstrates the strategic nature of cooperation between Hungary and the United States, built on the strong personal bond between the two leaders.

“The US Secretary of State made it clear that the current American administration and the president are both committed to maintaining strategic cooperation with Hungary,” he said.

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Are Hungary-US relations really this strong because of the Orbán-Trump friendship? Photo: Orbán Viktor/Facebook

Cheap Russian energy ‘secured through political ties’

Szijjártó argued that the visit also proved to doubters that Trump had agreed, because of his friendship with Orbán, to allow Hungary to continue purchasing discounted Russian oil and natural gas. This, he said, ensures the protection of the government’s household utility price caps.

He added that without the close relationship between the Hungarian prime minister and the US president, Hungarian families could now be paying three times as much for utilities, while fuel prices might have risen to as high as HUF 1,000 per litre.

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8 Comments

  1. If Hungary is banking its interests in the most corrupt American government in history, a traitor of American values and a traitor to American allies and back stabber who notoriously ditches promises and leaves ‘allies’ hung to dry… A psychotic man who is hated and mistrusted the world over, a man who has made a business to sow chaos, violence and hatred throughout the world – go ahead, it will not end well.

  2. ‘If Hungary is banking its interests in the most corrupt American government in history.’

    The Biden Administration forgot more corruption and lies than The Trump Administration will ever know.

    As to your opinion of our president : I remind you that, if all the presidents you regard as ‘sane’ were not so bad for the interests of the Average American, we would not have voted for President Trump.

    As it stands, President Trump is, in many respects, a breath of fresh air.

    That said, of course I do not agree with all of his policies, most notably waging Netanyahu’s wars.

  3. ‘Orbán-Trump bond protects Hungary’s interests.’

    That is not an opinion, but, a statement of objective fact.

    The Biden Administration was trying to break Hungary.

    The president we, Southerners, elected, is trying to protect and nurture Hungary.

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    • Biden administration trying to break Hungary is as laughable as saying Brussels is trying to break Hungary.. as if they care about Hungary.. Hungary has been run into the ground and corrupted by its own, broken by its own. Keep blaming others.

  4. We instant many I Budapest are broken hearted tampon Tim and the Brilliant woman he ran with
    Trump secure 17 trillion investment in one year- Biden 1 in 1

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