Trump could soon lose his best friend in Europe | CNN

When Vice President JD Vance held his phone to the mic, it seemed for a moment as though his boss might not pick up. But at the second attempt, and after a few rings, he got through to Donald Trump. In the president’s defense, he had plenty on his mind, having threatened hours earlier to destroy “a whole civilization” in Iran. That crisis felt a world away from the MTK Sportpark in Budapest, where a few thousand Hungarians had gathered to celebrate “The Day of Hungarian-American Friendship.” Billed as the celebration of friendship between the two nations, the day was really about friendship between Trump and Victor Orbán, Hungary’s populist prime minister – a darling of the MAGA movement who is trailing in the polls ahead of parliamentary elections this weekend. “I’m a big fan of Viktor. I’m with him all the way. The United States is with him all the way,” Trump told the crowd. Vance said he was in Budapest to help Orbán “as much as I possibly can.” In a visit to Budapest in February, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed that “Hungary’s success is our success.” At first glance, it is not clear why the “success” of Orbán’s Hungary – cons