Exclusive: Vance plans Hungary visit in show of support for Orban ahead of tight election, sources say (Reuters)

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Exclusive: Vance plans Hungary visit in show of support for Orban ahead of tight election, sources say (Reuters)

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance is planning to visit Hungary in the coming days in a show of support for the country's long-time nationalist prime ​minister Viktor Orban, who is facing a difficult election next month, two sources familiar ‌with the planning said on Wednesday.

The trip would come after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Budapest in February to publicly back Orban ahead of his toughest re‑election fight since taking power in 2010. Opinion polls ​show him trailing in the final month before the April 12 vote.

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The exact timing of ​Vance's visit was not immediately clear and his plans could change, sources cautioned, ⁠as top officials may opt to remain in Washington while the U.S.-Israeli air war on Iran ​rages on. President Donald Trump said he is delaying his trip to China because of the war.

The ​White House did not immediately have a comment for this story.

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[msongs]

1. one might think hungarians would resent this as meddling nt

[Renew Deal]

2. Doesn't Orban remember what happened after Vance met the Pope?

[lame54]

3. I do. Jesus told him he's not coming back

[oasis]

4. Vance flying around on taxpayer dime. For what?

[2naSalit]

5. To keep him...

Out of the way.