Vice President JD Vance is wheels up and heading to Hungary, where he'll sit down with one of the few European leaders who actually gets it – Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Vance departed Joint Base Andrews Monday evening alongside his wife Usha, boarding Air Force Two at 7:37 PM for the transatlantic flight to Budapest. Before boarding, the Vice President made clear this isn't just another diplomatic courtesy call.
"I'm looking forward to seeing my good friend Victor," Vance told reporters on the tarmac, referring to the Hungarian prime minister by his first name – a telling sign of the warm relationship between the Trump administration and one of Europe's most steadfast conservative voices.
Europe and Ukraine on the Agenda
Vance indicated the talks would cover the full spectrum of U.S.-Hungary relations, adding that "Europe and Ukraine and all the other stuff will figure in pretty prominently."
Translation? The adults are back in charge of American foreign policy, and they're talking to leaders who share our America First values – not genuflecting to Brussels bureaucrats or the globalist establishment.
While the Biden regime spent four years alienating our natural allies and lecturing Hungary about "democracy," the Trump-Vance administration understands that Orban has been right about border security, national sovereignty, and resisting the woke agenda long before it was fashionable.
A New Era of Conservative Cooperation
This visit represents everything the establishment fears: two populist, nationalist governments working together to advance the interests of their own citizens rather than the agenda of unelected globalists at the EU, UN, and WEF.
Orban has been a stalwart defender of Hungary's borders, Christian values, and national identity – exactly the kind of leader the Trump administration wants in our corner as we work to bring stability to a continent that's been destabilized by years of failed liberal policies.
Patriots, keep your eyes on Budapest. This is what real diplomacy looks like.