Tag Archives: Hungary

Nov 8 2025

President Trump Welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to The White House – Both Leaders Answer Media Questions


Posted originally on CTH on November 7, 2025 | Sundance

Hungarian Prime Minister Vikor Orban is one of the few pragmatic EU leaders who understands the dynamics of globalism, nationalism and the conflict therein.  Within the EU collective, Orban is one of the national leaders that are not liked by Brussels.

Additionally, Orban holds a contrary view toward Russia than is held by the majority inside the EU bureaucracy.  Orban has called for a negotiated settlement to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict and restoration of EU relations with the Russian Federation.  Eventually, his anti-globalist worldview is what led former USAID Director Samantha Power to arrive in Hungary and begin the CIA groundwork for Orban’s removal.

Today Prime Minister Viktor Orban and President Trump gave remarks during a White House visit and answered media questions. WATCH:

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Oct 17 2025

President Trump Says “Productive” Phone Call With Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Plans for Meeting in Budapest, Hungary


Posted originally on CTH on October 16, 2025 | Sundance

During a flight to the Middle East, President Trump noted, before he would give authorization for NATO to sell Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, he would discuss the matter with President Putin. Earlier today, President Trump said he and Putin held a productive phone call:

President Trump via Truth Social – “I have just concluded my telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, and it was a very productive one. President Putin congratulated me and the United States on the Great Accomplishment of Peace in the Middle East, something that, he said, has been dreamed of for centuries. I actually believe that the Success in the Middle East will help in our negotiation in attaining an end to the War with Russia/Ukraine.

President Putin thanked the First Lady, Melania, for her involvement with children. He was very appreciative and said that this will continue. We also spent a great deal of time talking about Trade between Russia and the United States when the War with Ukraine is over.

President Trump via Truth Social – “I have just concluded my telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, and it was a very productive one. President Putin congratulated me and the United States on the Great Accomplishment of Peace in the Middle East, something that, he said, has been dreamed of for centuries. I actually believe that the Success in the Middle East will help in our negotiation in attaining an end to the War with Russia/Ukraine.

President Putin thanked the First Lady, Melania, for her involvement with children. He was very appreciative and said that this will continue. We also spent a great deal of time talking about Trade between Russia and the United States when the War with Ukraine is over.

At the conclusion of the call, we agreed that there will be a meeting of our High-Level Advisors, next week. The United States’ initial meetings will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, together with various other people, to be designated. A meeting location is to be determined. President Putin and I will then meet in an agreed upon location, Budapest, Hungary, to see if we can bring this “inglorious” War, between Russia and Ukraine, to an end.

President Zelenskyy and I will be meeting tomorrow, in the Oval Office, where we will discuss my conversation with President Putin, and much more. I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation.” (read more)

A second summit between President Putin and President Trump makes sense to take place on neutral territory.  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been a pragmatic voice within the EU and a friend to both leaders.  A Budapest summit makes a lot of sense.

Against the backdrop of increased trade friction with China, a strategic relationship between the U.S. and the Russian Federation also makes a lot of sense.  Pulling Putin out of the gravitational orbit of Chairman Xi Jinping has the potential to reset a geopolitical alliance to the benefit of North America.

Perhaps a great impact to the world, in the sphere of both geopolitics and trade, would be an outcome from a strategic U.S-Russia alliance.  There is no reason for the two countries to be at odds if/when the Ukraine issue is resolved.

Unfortunately, there are stakeholders throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East who would prefer to keep President Trump and President Putin in conflict, and with Europe in a spiral of economic contraction, they are positioned only to benefit from escalating the friction.

As the situation continues to unfold, President Putin has to take a long-term outlook beyond the term of President Trump, as it relates to Russian interests; there is no guarantee that improved relationships would not just as easily be upended by a change in U.S. policy in a few short years.  This is one of President Trump’s biggest international challenges.

VIA ABC – […] ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked Leavitt if Trump still believed he could get Putin and Zelenskyy in a room together, after he couldn’t reach that step after hosting Putin for a summit in Alaska in August.

“I think he thinks it’s possible, and he would of course love to see that happen,” Leavitt said. “But right now, there were discussions and plans are now being made for the Russian side and our folks, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to meet and then for President Putin and President Trump to perhaps meet again. But I don’t think the president has closed the door on that at all.” (source)