Danielle Kurtzleben

There was one moment in that Van's speech that really stood out to me where earlier on in the speech, he said, we want you to make a decision about your future with no outside forces pressuring you or telling you what to do.

I'm not telling you exactly who to vote for.

And then later in the speech, he ended it with, stand with Victor Orban, everyone.

But you're right.

And also the Trump administration really seems to be trying to have it both ways here again to very loudly, very forcefully, like you're saying, advocate for Viktor Orban here.

And yet the the sort of official line remains.

No, we're not meddling.

There was an interview that Andrew Puzder, who is the ambassador to the EU, interviewed.

He did this interview with AFP.

That's an international wire service where he said, no, the vice president and Trump, they're not meddling in in this Hungarian election.

Like they're really trying to say, no, no, no, no, no.

Vance was just there to voice some support like that.

But it's not election meddling, however you want to define that.

I think there are a few reasons you could list out.

One is that Trump likes Orban.

They are very like-minded guys.

They have very similar worldviews.

I mean, Victor Orban embraced Trump from the start.

Victor Orban supported Trump way back in 2016.

And we all know Trump likes someone who likes him.