US President Donald Trump told Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that the United States will not penalize Hungary for continuing to purchase Russian energy for one year, softening the impact of sanctions on Russia’s oil exports that threatened to wreak havoc on Hungary’s economy, a White House official told CNN.
For months, Trump has berated European Union countries for continuing to buy oil and gas from Russia, saying this helps fuel the Kremlin’s war machine and prolong the war in Ukraine that he has been at pains to end.
But when Orbán – whose country buys more Russian oil and gas than any other EU nation – showed up at the White House on Friday, Trump was full of praise for the “great leader” of a “great country,” claiming it has been “difficult” for Hun
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