Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a staunch supporter of Trump and considered to be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest ally in Europe, refused to endorse part of the summit statement in favor of Ukraine and claims that it is the European Union who isolated itself,
His position has given the former Warsaw Pact nation — which has a population only slightly larger than New Jersey — an outsized role in European diplomacy.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for talks at the Elysee Palace.
Hungary and the United States will agree on an economic cooperation package that could balance out the effect of possible U.S. tariffs