Trump expresses his full support for Viktor Orban in the April elections: “New heights of cooperation and spectacular achievements”

US President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed his full support for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of the country's April 12 election, calling his longtime ally “a really strong and influential leader” in a social media post, according to Reuters.

“Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation and spectacular achievements under my administration, in large part thanks to Prime Minister Orban,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social social network.

“I was proud to support Viktor for re-election in 2022 and I am honored to do so again,” the US leader added, also posting a photo of himself with the Hungarian prime minister at the White House.

Donald Trump's full message:

• “The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, is a truly powerful and influential leader with a proven track record of achieving phenomenal results. He fights tirelessly for his country and people – whom he loves, just as I do for the United States of America.
• Viktor is working hard to protect Hungary, grow the economy, create jobs, promote trade, stop illegal immigration and ensure LAW AND ORDER!
• Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation and spectacular achievements under my administration, thanks in large part to Prime Minister Orbán. I look forward to continuing to work closely with him so that both of our countries can continue to move forward on this extraordinary path to SUCCESS and cooperation.
• I was proud to support Viktor for re-election in 2022 and I am honored to do so again. Viktor Orbán is a true friend, a fighter and a WINNER and he has my full and total support for his re-election as Prime Minister of Hungary — HE WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT THE GREAT PEOPLE OF HUNGARY! (Signed:) THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP“.

Hungary's center-right Tisza is ahead of Orban's Fidesz party and the far-right Our Fatherland party is on course to enter the Budapest parliament, according to the latest opinion poll published on Tuesday.

Nationalist Orban faces the biggest challenge to his rule since Fidesz won elections in 2010, although the outcome of April's election remains highly uncertain, with opinion polls showing many voters still undecided.