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Orban Snagged by Soulmate Trump’s Trade Storm

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and US President Donald Trump in 2019.

Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Polaris

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Things aren’t going to plan for Viktor Orban, with Hungarians showing their disdain by blocking bridges over the River Danube in protests that have taken place every Tuesday for the past month.