J.D. Vance alongside Viktor Orbán at Orbán’s campaign rally in Budapest, Hungary, April 7, 2026
EA on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story: Trump’s Quest to Break Up Europe
On the eve of Hungary’s national election — which could finally unseat hard-right, authoritarian, pro-Kremlin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power — I joined LBC’s Matt Frei to discuss the plotting of US Vice President J.D. Vance to undermine the European Union and put other hard-right movements into office across Europe.
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Just to tell you how crazy this has gotten.
We are at a point where the government in Washington is not allied with Europe, where it sees NATO as a potential foe, where J.D. Vance says the enemy of both the Trump Administration and Orbán is the EU.
And guess which other world leader supports Orbán and interferes with Hungary’s election?
Vladimir Putin.
I also discuss Melania Trump’s attempt to distance herself from her husband over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
