Orbán cabinet: Hungary-US political relations set to enter ‘golden age’

Hungarian-American political relations are set to enter a “golden age” with the election of Donald Trump as the next US president, and relations between Hungary and the US could be better than ever before, the foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Hungarian-American political relations to have a bright future

The ministry cited Péter Szijjártó telling a joint press conference with his Georgian counterpart in response to a question about his US visit on the previous day that they had held lengthy talks with President-elect Trump, designate National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and designate Co-Chair of the Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk lasting about three hours.

“Of course we also congratulated the president-elect because this was the first in-person meeting between the prime minister and the president-elect since the election,” he added.

“The prime minister and the president-elect maintained relations also during the time when Donald Trump was not the president, during the election campaign, and they have talked on the phone several times since,” Szijjártó said. “It is completely natural that they hold consultations regularly.”

Szijjártó said that what further increased the importance of the meeting was that as a result of the transformation of the global economy, digitalisation and AI could play crucial roles in determining a country’s future place in the global economy. Musk and the global empire of companies linked to him play a serious role in spreading new technology, he added.