'Trump denies involvement in Orban's failed re-election bid, despite his involvement'

"U.S. President Donald Trump told ABC News ​reporter Jonathan Karl on Tuesday ‌he was not concerned about Viktor Orbán’s loss in Hungary, and that he likes incoming ​Prime Minister Peter Magyar....Trump told the ​reporter he did not know if it would have made a difference if he had gone ​to Hungary instead of Vice President ​JD Vance to campaign for Orban. 'He was behind ‌substantially,’ ⁠Trump said. ‘I wasn’t that involved in this one.’...There’s quite a bit of evidence to the contrary."

"Just two days before Election Day in Hungary, Trump publicly pledged to 'use the full Economic Might of the United States to strengthen Hungary’s Economy, as we have done for our Great Allies in the past, if Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian People ever need it.' "

"Days earlier, Trump deployed his vice president to Hungary to campaign for Orbán — an unusual level of White House intervention in a foreign election — and during a rally in Budapest, Trump called in to voice his support for the authoritarian leader, as Vance held up his cellphone to the microphone."

"Trump also published a series of items to his social media platform in the run-up to the Hungarian elections, endorsing the incumbent and celebrating him as 'a truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results.' "

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