J.D. Vance admitted that he regretted Viktor Orban's defeat in the Hungarian election. On Monday's interview with Fox News, he noted that he considered Orban to be a very good leader, who had made crucial changes in the country over 16 years of government.
One of the reasons why we decided to do this [support Orban] is not that we cannot analyse the polls. I'm certain we knew that Viktor was likely to lose this election. We did this due to the fact that he is 1 of the fewer European leaders who were willing to argue the bureaucracy in Brussels, which is doing a very, very bad thing to the United States. said the vice president of the United States.
Vance besides recalled that he himself encouraged in Budapest to vote for Orban a fewer days before the elections.
He added that it was right to support him due to the fact that he was loyal to a longtime partner of the United States. He stressed that this was not a question of relations with Russia or general politics towards Europe, but of US interests and individual and political ties – both his and president Donald Trump – with Orban.
Finally, he pointed out that despite the disappointment of the election, the United States intends to keep a good relation besides with the fresh government in Hungary.
Donald Trump was besides previously asked by journalists about the election results in Hungary, but he did not want to talk about it.
J. D. Vance in Budapest
Five days before the elections in Hungary, J.D. Vance got active in the campaign. In his final effort to strengthen the position of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, he came to Budapest with his wife – this was the first visit in 2 decades to the United States to be specified a high-ranking typical in the country. Standing alongside Viktor Orban, he stressed that his presence was intended to support him during the election campaign.
After talking to Hungarian Prime Minister Vance, he powerfully criticized the European Union and Ukraine. He accused the EU of serious interference in the electoral process, suggesting that Brussels' actions were due to aversion to Orban. He besides added that the impact of EU institutions on the electoral situation is described as highly inappropriate and reprehensible.
