If Orbán wins
Trump promises “full economic power” of the USA
Updated April 11, 2026 – 5:54 amReading time: 2 minutes
Shortly before the parliamentary election in Hungary, Donald Trump spoke again. The US President assured the EU country “the full economic power” of the USA under one condition.
Trump said on Friday on his online platform Truth Social that he was ready to use “the full economic power” of the USA to help Hungary. The US would look forward to “investing in the future prosperity that will come from Orbán’s continued leadership.”
Trump is thus continuing his highly unusual campaign support for Orbán. Orbán has ruled Hungary uninterruptedly since 2010, when he came to power in Budapest for the second time. The right-wing nationalist politician is US President Trump’s closest ally in the EU – and also of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
On Tuesday, US Vice President JD Vance traveled to Budapest to support Orbán in the election campaign, as did US Secretary of State Marco Rubin in February. On Thursday evening, Trump directly called on the citizens of Hungary to vote “for Viktor Orbán”: “He is a true friend, fighter and winner and has my complete and total support for re-election as Prime Minister of Hungary.”
However, Orbán is threatened with defeat in the parliamentary elections on Sunday. His Fidesz party is also in the last polls before the 2026 Hungarian election clearly behind the Tisza party of opposition politician Peter Magyar. Shortly before the election, the opinion research institute Médian, among others, published another survey before the Hungarian election that underlines this trend.
The survey shows that challenger Magyar’s party can even hope for a two-thirds majority in the parliamentary elections in Hungary.
