Central Europe's populists left reeling by Venezuela attack
DW | 10.01.2026 18:47
For years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has tirelessly praised Donald Trump as a "man of peace." He sang the president's praises for brokering the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. Orban also repeated the US president's claims that if Trump had been in power in 2022, Russia would never have started its war against Ukraine. This is all part of Orban's "peace rhetoric" — a cornerstone of the Hungarian prime minister's current election campaign.
