US President Donald Trump told ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl yesterday that he was not worried about Viktor Orban's loss in the parliamentary elections in Hungary and that he likes the next prime minister, Peter Magyar, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
“I think the new guy will do well - he's a good guy“, Trump told the reporter.
The president also noted that he didn't know if it would have made a difference if he had gone to Hungary instead of Vice President J.D. Vance to campaign for Orban. “He was way behind“, Trump said, referring to Orban. “I wasn't that involved in this case. "But Viktor is a good man," the US president added.
Trump supported Orban on the eve of the election.
After 16 years in power, Orban and his Fidesz party lost the parliamentary elections to the center-right Tisza party, led by Magyar, with a record turnout of almost 80% of eligible voters, Reuters notes.