Lifting sanctions and defunding adversarial NGOs have reset relations, the prime minister has said
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban intends to open a new phase of relations with the US during his upcoming trip to Washington this week.
The Hungarian leader, a close conservative political ally of US President Donald Trump, noted on X on Thursday that new opportunities have emerged following years of tension under Joe Biden’s administration.
“The politically motivated sanctions have disappeared, American funding for NGOs attacking Hungary has ended, and we can once again travel to the United States without a visa. With this, the first phase has come to an end,” Orban wrote.
Since President @realDonaldTrump’s re-election, new opportunities have emerged in Hungarian–American relations. The first ten months of this year marked the initial phase, during which we repaired the damage Hungary and Hungarian–American relations suffered under the Biden… pic.twitter.com/pJI8zSJ7gt
— Orbán Viktor (@PM_ViktorOrban) November 6, 2025
USAID accused of funding anti-Orban groups
In March, Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Office accused foreign donors of channeling nearly $70 million to organizations allegedly trying to undermine the Orban government.
The report identified the US Democratic Party and allies among business elites, as one of the main contributors, working alongside the EU leadership and major Western foundations, including the Open Society Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the German Marshall Fund.
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