Meanwhile in Europe, Vice-President JD Vance strove in vain to preserve the elective dictatorship of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, a friend of Russia and avowed foe of Ukraine, while making new attacks on the European Union. The Trump administration brands the EU as the enemy of the United States. Indeed, its rhetoric towards America’s traditional allies is consistently abusive, while Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin, are treated as prospective partners. China is the object of fewer insults from Washington than Ukraine receives.
