Vance’s whirlwind visit may not help Orbán to the election victory he craves

<p>As the US vice-president wades into a heated campaign, Hungary’s leader faces the real possibility of defeat</p><p>Even before the plane carrying JD and Usha Vance had landed in Budapest, the Hungarian government had hailed their two-day visit as a new golden age in the relationship between Washington and Budapest.</p><p>What came next was a whirlwind of politics in which the US vice-president waded directly into the country’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/young-people-hungary-general-election-polls-viktor-orban">heated</a> election campaign, just days before Hungarians cast their ballots.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/jd-vance-hungary-viktor-orban-election">Continue reading...</a>