Viktor Orban

The whole idea is a stupid one, to take away the money of somebody.

There are two countries which are in war, yeah?

It's not European Union, Russia and Ukraine.

And somebody, European Union, would like to take away the money of one of the warring parties and then to give it to another one.

It's a marching into the war.

So the Belgian prime minister is right.

We should not do that.

Orban, who is close to both Trump and Putin, has proposed hosting a summit in Budapest.

He also plans to discuss an exemption from U.S.

sanctions against Russian energy.

Hungary relies on Russian crude oil, and Orban says without it, his country's economy would be in trouble.

Another priority for Orban is to persuade Trump to visit Hungary as Orban faces an unprecedented challenge to his power in

from a new opposition leader ahead of Hungary's parliamentary elections next April.

Orban believes a visit by Trump could energize the strongman leader's conservative base.

Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.

So now we lost all the real attraction, what we have done previously, and Donald Trump take away all the attraction of the international politics. We have done something for 15 years in Hungary, in headwind, liberal headwind, stopping migration, defending traditional values, respecting religious communities, no Green Deal, low taxation.

So now we lost all the real attraction, what we have done previously, and Donald Trump take away all the attraction of the international politics. We have done something for 15 years in Hungary, in headwind, liberal headwind, stopping migration, defending traditional values, respecting religious communities, no Green Deal, low taxation.

So now we lost all the real attraction, what we have done previously, and Donald Trump take away all the attraction of the international politics. We have done something for 15 years in Hungary, in headwind, liberal headwind, stopping migration, defending traditional values, respecting religious communities, no Green Deal, low taxation.

So everything which is unorthodox in the mind of the liberals. So we were a kind of hero. We were a kind of island of difference in the liberal ocean. But now, unfortunately... Donald Trump taking over everything. So, yeah, just sitting and try to follow him now. This is a totally new reality.

So everything which is unorthodox in the mind of the liberals. So we were a kind of hero. We were a kind of island of difference in the liberal ocean. But now, unfortunately... Donald Trump taking over everything. So, yeah, just sitting and try to follow him now. This is a totally new reality.