Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban meets President Donald Trump at the White House in a high-stakes visit centred on Russian oil sanctions and a proposed Trump–Putin peace summit. Orban seeks an exemption from US sanctions on Russian energy and hopes to secure Trump's visit to Budapest ahead of Hungary's April elections. The meeting tests Trump's tougher stance on Moscow and comes after Washington sanctioned Russian oil giants Lukoil and Rosneft. Facing his toughest election challenge in years, Orban aims to use the visit to project international influence. But questions remain over what Trump might offer the embattled Hungarian leader.
