Rubio meets Orbán in Budapest as US and Hungary are to sign a civilian nuclear pact

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Widely considered Russian President Vladimir Putin's most reliable advocate in the European Union, Orbán has maintained warm relations with the Kremlin despite its war against Ukraine while currying favor with Trump and his MAGA -- short for the 2016 Trump campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" -- movement.
54% : Orbán has remained firmly committed to purchasing Russian energy despite efforts by the EU to wean off such supplies, and received an exemption from U.S. sanctions on Russian energy after a November meeting in the White House with Trump.
40% : Many in MAGA and the broader conservative world view Hungary as a shining example of successful conservative nationalism, despite the erosion of its democratic institutions and its status as one of the EU's poorest countries.
31% : It has also effectively banned same-sex adoption and same-sex marriage, and disallowed transgender individuals from changing their sex in official documents.

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