The White House chief said on Truth Social that the prime minister is “committed to protecting Hungary, growing the economy, creating jobs, promoting trade, curbing illegal immigration and maintaining law and order.”
Trump directly called on Hungarians to vote for the ruling party.
“Viktor Orbán will never let the great people of Hungary down, I am with him 100%,” he wrote.
According to PolitPro, as of April 10, the opposition party Tisza is leading in the polls with 49%, while Fidesz has 40.7%. Newsweek notes that after the visit of US Vice President J.D. Vance on April 7, bets on Orban's victory fell on forecast markets, although there is no direct connection with the vice president's intervention.
BritBrief points out that the majority of Hungary's 7.6 million voters have already decided who they will vote for. According to Mujtab Rahman, managing director for Europe at the Eurasia Group consulting company, few of the approximately 350,000 undecideds are unlikely to be convinced by “the show Vance is putting on in town.”
