The Hungarian PM needed Trump’s help over Russia oil sanctions – so he deployed a tried-and-trusted method
Viktor Orbán must have been feeling the tension – and perhaps a bit left out.
As Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, held court – on the instruction of Donald Trump – at a lunch held in honor of the visiting Hungarian leader on Friday, Orbán, self-anointed avatar of international illiberalism and Maga role model, began cracking his knuckles.