2026-04-07T04:02:55.602Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：凯文·利普塔克
3小时前
发布于 2026年4月7日 美国东部时间凌晨12:02
与伊朗的战争正酣，汽油价格上涨，国会山仍在进行预算之争。那么，美国二号人物为何要飞往布达佩斯？
美国副总统JD·万斯本周访问匈牙利，正值该国全国大选数日之前。官方说法是，此举旨在深化与这个拥有1000万人口国家的关系。但在匈牙利国内，此次访问主要被视为提振长期执政总理维克托·欧尔班的一次尝试，而欧尔班对权力的掌控正面临多年来最严峻的考验。
这位受唐纳德·特朗普总统背书、被美国政府官员誉为欧洲其他国家范本的民族主义、亲俄派欧尔班及其政党，在民调中落后于反对党，距离周日的投票仅剩数日。
一名高调的美国官员在一场重要选举临近之际访问该国实属罕见，这被视为美国政府愿意尽其所能帮助陷入困境的全球盟友的信号。
但此次访问也恰逢对伊战争的关键节点：万斯将于周二晚间抵达匈牙利，此时特朗普要求伊朗重新开放霍尔木兹海峡——否则将遭受发电厂和水利设施大规模打击的最后通牒即将到期。而随着冲突进入第六周，万斯近期一直处于斡旋结束冲突的核心谈判团队中。
周一有记者问及相关可能性时，特朗普表示副总统“可能会”参与一场面对面的会议，以谈判结束伊朗战争。上周万斯的匈牙利之行公布后，外界纷纷猜测他可能会顺路到访某地与伊朗官员接触。
在政府官员中，万斯是批评欧洲传统美国盟友最激烈的人士之一。他在就职初期于慕尼黑的一次演讲中称，欧洲领导人压制言论自由、失去对移民问题的掌控，且拒绝与政府中的极右翼政党合作。
周二的访问正值华盛顿与欧洲多数国家关系出现新紧张之际。特朗普多次表示，鉴于北约盟友拒绝其派遣海军资产重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的要求，他正在重新考虑美国对北约的承诺。
与此同时，欧尔班一直不遗余力地与特朗普的“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）运动建立联系，该运动也对欧洲自由民主国家抱有同样的蔑视态度。这位总理的长期执政以强硬的移民政策、司法系统政治化和对媒体的攻击为标志——这些也堪称特朗普第二任期的某种蓝图。
今年早些时候，特朗普在社交媒体上背书欧尔班，称其为“一位真正强大有力的领导人，有着 delivering phenomenal results（创造卓越成果）的可靠记录”。
但特朗普的支持似乎并未对匈牙利选情起到太大推动作用。欧尔班被指控腐败，且在其16年执政期间经济基本停滞，这引发了越来越多的批评。民调显示，中右翼的蒂萨党今年以来领先欧尔班的青年民主联盟（Fidesz）的优势不断扩大，尽管仍有许多选民尚未决定投票意向，使得周日选举的结果远未明朗。
3月下旬由21研究中心开展的一项民调显示，在已做出决定的选民中，56%支持蒂萨党，而支持青年民主联盟的选民占37%。在该民调中，26%的受访者表示不知道该支持谁。
长期以来，特朗普一直不愿为胜算不大的候选人背书。尽管他多次发帖谈论对欧尔班的支持，但他并未在竞选最后阶段访问布达佩斯。
如今万斯接过了这一角色。根据其办公室发布的消息，他周二在布达佩斯的活动包括与欧尔班举行双边会谈，以及发表一场“关于美匈之间深厚伙伴关系”的演讲。
“副总统期待访问美国的亲密盟友匈牙利，以延续特朗普总统与欧尔班总理在能源、技术和国防等诸多关键议题上取得的进展，”万斯的一位发言人表示。
匈牙利政府发言人佐尔坦·科瓦奇在访问公布后表示，“此次访问标志着强化匈美关系的重要时刻，预计将就安全、经济合作以及共同战略利益举行高层会谈。”他并未提及即将到来的选举。
欧尔班2010年重新掌权，是欧洲任期最长的总理，现已成为欧洲民粹主义者和美国MAGA运动的指路明灯。欧尔班倡导国家主权、传统价值观和强硬边境政策，长期以来抨击欧盟却并未寻求退出该组织。
他的连任竞选得到了全球极右翼运动内部人士的支持。今年1月，包括法国的玛丽娜·勒庞、意大利的乔治娅·梅洛尼和阿根廷的哈维尔·米莱在内的11位国家领导人及极右翼头面人物在一段视频中背书这位匈牙利领导人寻求第五次连任。
万斯并非首位在大选前访问匈牙利的美国高级官员。国务卿马可·卢比奥曾于2月访问布达佩斯，坦诚评估欧尔班胜选对美国政府的重要性。
“我可以满怀信心地告诉你们，特朗普总统对你方的成功寄予深切厚望，因为你的成功就是我们的成功，”他在访问期间说道。
Vance makes time to visit Hungary to support Orbán amid Iran negotiations
2026-04-07T04:02:55.602Z / CNN
By Kevin Liptak
3 hr ago
PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2026, 12:02 AM ET
Vice President JD Vance attends and event in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 1.
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The war with Iran is raging, gas prices are rising and spending battles endure on Capitol Hill. So why is the No. 2 man in the White House flying to Budapest?
Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Hungary this week, days ahead of the country’s national elections, is officially intended to deepen ties with the nation of 10 million. Inside Hungary, however, the visit is viewed mainly as an attempt to boost longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose grip on power is facing its biggest test in years.
Endorsed by President Donald Trump and hailed as a model for the rest of Europe by US administration officials, the nationalist, pro-Russia Orbán and his party are trailing in polls behind the opposition ahead of Sunday’s contest.
It’s unusual for a high-profile American official to visit a country so close to an important election, and it’s seen as a signal of the lengths the US administration is willing to go to help an embattled global ally.
But the trip also comes at a critical moment in the war with Iran: Vance will be in Hungary on Tuesday evening when Trump’s ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz — or suffer massive attacks on power plants and water facilities — expires. And Vance has recently been at the center of ongoing efforts to broker an end to the conflict, as it enters its sixth week.
Trump said the vice president “could be” involved in an in-person meeting to negotiate an end to the Iran war when reporters asked about the possibility Monday. When Vance’s trip to Hungary was announced last week, speculation mounted that he could add a stop somewhere to engage with Iranian officials.
Among administration officials, Vance has been among the most critical of traditional American allies in Europe, claiming during a speech in Munich early in his term that leaders there were suppressing free speech, losing control of immigration and refusing to work with hard-right parties in government.
Tuesday’s visit comes amid new strains between Washington and most of Europe, as Trump has repeatedly said he’s reconsidering American commitment to NATO after leaders in the alliance refused his demands to send naval assets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, Orbán has worked assiduously to cultivate ties to Trump’s MAGA movement, which has come to share his disdain for Europe’s liberal democracies. The prime minister’s lengthy tenure has been marked by hardline immigration policies, politicization of the justice system and attacks on the press — all something of a blueprint for Trump’s own second term.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses his supporters in Szentendre, Hungary, on March 20, during a national campaign tour ahead of the election.
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Trump hailed Orbán as a “truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results” in a social media endorsement earlier this year.
Yet Trump’s support has not appeared to move the needle much in Hungary. Orbán has spurred rising criticism after being accused of corruption and presiding over a largely stagnant economy during his 16 years in office. Polls have shown the center-right Tisza party widening its lead over Orbán’s Fidesz over the course of the year, though many voters remain undecided, making the outcome of Sunday’s contest far from certain.
One survey from 21 Research Centre taken in late March found Tisza enjoyed support from 56% of decided voters compared to 37% who backed Fidesz. In that poll, 26% of respondents said they didn’t know who to support.
Trump has long been wary of getting behind candidates whose success is not guaranteed. While he’s posted multiple times about his endorsement of Orbán, he has not visited Budapest in the final stretch of the campaign.
Enter Vance. His Tuesday engagements in Budapest include a bilateral meeting with Orbán and a speech “on the rich partnership between the United States and Hungary,” according to a release from his office.
“The Vice President looks forward to visiting Hungary, a close U.S. ally, to build on the progress President Trump and Prime Minister Orbán have made on many key issues, including energy, technology, and defense,” a spokesman for Vance said.
Hungarian government spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said after the stop was announced that the “visit marks an important moment in strengthening Hungarian–American relations, with high-level talks expected on security, economic cooperation, and shared strategic interests.” He did not mention the forthcoming election.
Orbán, who returned to power in 2010 and is Europe’s longest-serving prime minister, has become a lodestar for European populists and the MAGA movement in the United States. Championing national sovereignty, traditional values and hard borders, Orbán has long railed against the European Union, without seeking to leave it.
His reelection bid has been championed by figures within the global hard-right movement. In January, 11 national leaders and hard-right figureheads — including France’s Marine Le Pen, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s Javier Milei — appeared in a video endorsing the Hungarian leader’s bid for a fifth consecutive term in office.
Vance is not the first senior US official to visit Hungary in the lead-up to the vote. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Budapest in February, offering a frank assessment of how much an Orbán victory would mean to the American administration.
“I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your success, because your success is our success,” he said during his stop.