{"id":2570378,"date":"2026-02-16T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-boasts-of-golden-era-of-relations-between-us-and-hungary\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:09:31","slug":"rubio-boasts-of-golden-era-of-relations-between-us-and-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-boasts-of-golden-era-of-relations-between-us-and-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio boasts of &#8216;golden era of relations&#8217; between US and Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frubio-boasts-of-golden-era-of-relations-between-us-and-hungary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570378&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that U.S. officials, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, emphasize a close and proactive relationship between the United States and Hungary under president Trump and Prime Minister Viktor Orban as Hungary nears its April election. Rubio describes this as a \u201cgolden era\u201d of ties rooted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-so-far-has-eased-pressure-on-communist-china-sen-cruz\/\" title=\"Biden Admin So Far Has Eased Pressure on Communist China: Sen. Cruz\">mutual interests<\/a>, not just shared sentiment, and cites concrete actions\u2014such as a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >civilian nuclear program deal signed<\/a> in Hungary and a one-year exemption from sanctions related to Russian energy\u2014as evidence of the partnership. He notes that Trump has endorsed Orban\u2019s reelection and portrays Orban as a key ally in Europe, with Hungarian policies on immigration and relations with Russia shaping the broader dynamic. rubio also argues that the U.S.and Hungary cooperate on Europe-wide security and economic goals, even as Orban criticizes European military support for Ukraine. Additionally, Rubio remarks in Munich that the United states remains committed to Europe while asserting that the country\u2019s ultimate home is in the Western Hemisphere.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rubio boasts of &lsquo;golden era of relations&rsquo; between US and Hungary fueled by mutual interests<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2504885\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> on Monday underscored the close relationship between the United States and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a> under President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and embattled Hungarian Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/viktor-orban\/\">Viktor Orban<\/a> as the latter seeks reelection in April.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are entering this golden era of relations&nbsp;between our countries and not simply because of the alignment of our people,&rdquo; Rubio said Monday during a joint press conference in Budapest. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4458926\/bill-white-very-rude-frank-vandenbroucke-antisemitic-prosecution-belgian-religious-figures\/\">Trump ambassador calls out &#8216;very rude&#8217; Belgian health minister over &#8216;antisemitic&#8217; prosecution of religious figures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4458728\/trump-board-of-peace-5-billion-gaza-reconstruction\/\">Trump says Board of Peace member states have vowed over $5 billion to rebuild Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4458703\/obama-reaction-trump-racist-ape-video\/\">Obama says &#8216;respect for the office&#8217; lost after Trump shares racist ape video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The secretary told Orban that Trump is &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/constitutional-crisis-or-political-war\/\" title=\"Constitutional Crisis or Political War\">deeply committed<\/a> to your success &hellip; because your success is our success.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because this relationship we have here in central <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/europe\/\">Europe<\/a> through you is so essential and vital for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-walks-away-when-asked-about-the-sacrifices-hes-asking-american-workers-to-make-as-he-kills-thousands-of-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Walks Away When Asked About the Sacrifices He\u2019s Asking American Workers to Make as He Kills Thousands of Jobs (VIDEO)\">national interests<\/a> in the years to come,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has broken presidential precedent by weighing in on the elections of foreign countries, including endorsing Argentine President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/javier-milei\/\">Javier Milei<\/a>, though Orban has been criticized for democratic backsliding in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was proud to ENDORSE Viktor for Re-Election in 2022, and am honored to do so again,&rdquo; Trump wrote on Truth Social last week. &ldquo;Viktor Orb&aacute;n is a true friend, fighter, and WINNER, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election as Prime Minister of Hungary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Orb&aacute;n has been campaigning against European military support for Ukraine in its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia-ukraine-war\/\">war against Russia<\/a>, with Russian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> among Orban&rsquo;s allies, in addition to campaigning against migrants and LGBT rights, reiterating many of Trump&rsquo;s own policy positions before the April 12 election.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Rubio cited the U.S. providing Hungary a one-year exemption from Trump&rsquo;s sanctions against countries that continue to purchase Russian energy despite the war as an example of the U.S. and Hungary&rsquo;s close relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is not just close rhetorically, it is close in action and things that are actually happening,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think some evidence of that is in the agreement we have just signed that builds on a historic meeting that we had in November at the White House &hellip; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-kosovo-establish-mutual-diplomatic-ties\/\" title=\"Israel, Kosovo establish mutual diplomatic ties\">signed agreement<\/a> we have had today is one that we hope will be many in the years to come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio was in Hungary to sign a civilian nuclear program deal with Orban after attending this week&rsquo;s Munich Security Conference in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/germany\/\">Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In Germany, Rubio told world leaders it &ldquo;is neither our goal nor our wish&rdquo; for the U.S. to withdraw wholesale from Europe, adding that &ldquo;our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a child of Europe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4458056\/europe-rubio-remarks-munich-vance-fiery-address\/\"><strong>EUROPE BRACES FOR RUBIO REMARKS IN MUNICH AFTER VANCE&rsquo;S FIERY ADDRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, although Rubio&rsquo;s address was delivered with more diplomacy, it conveyed a similar message to that of Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Controlling who and how many people enter our&nbsp;countries &mdash; this is not an expression of xenophobia,&rdquo;&nbsp;Rubio said. &ldquo;It is not&nbsp;hate. It is a fundamental act of national sovereignty. And the failure to do so is not just an abdication of one of our most basic duties owed to our people. It is an urgent threat to the fabric of our societies and the survival of our civilization itself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rubio: Golden era in US-Hungary ties, mutual interests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2570379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26047438780030.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3817,73878,73893],"class_list":["post-2570378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomacy","tag-marco-rubio-2","tag-us-hungary-relations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26047438780030.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570382,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570378\/revisions\/2570382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}