U.S. supported Orbán in his fight against the Brussels bureaucracy

Vance considers the Hungarian prime minister a good man whose political legacy in the country has been transformative. He assured that the U.S. administration understood the high likelihood of Orbán’s defeat but, despite this, decided to support him, according to Fox News.

"We certainly knew there was a very high probability that Viktor would lose this election. We did this because he is one of the few European leaders we have seen who is willing to stand up to the Brussels bureaucracy, which has been very, very harmful to the United States. So, for example, when you see a European bureaucrat attacking an American company, sometimes the only voice ‘against’ it, the only voice defending those American interests, was Viktor Orbán,” Vance said.

He called his trip to Budapest in support of Orbán the right thing to do, which, according to him, had nothing to do with Russia or Europe.

“We went because it was the right thing to do—to support a man who has supported us for a very long time. So it had nothing to do with Russia, and, in fact, it had nothing to do with Europe. It had to do with the United States and the fact that he has been a good partner both to me personally and to the president, as well as to the United States,” he said.

Vance expressed regret over the Fidesz party’s defeat in the parliamentary elections and expressed confidence that the U.S. would cooperate with the country’s new government.

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