Overview
- Hungary’s Viktor Orbán conceded after a landslide loss last week, a result Trump’s team had tried to prevent with Vice President J.D. Vance campaigning in Budapest.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV unacceptable, drawing a public rebuke as she refused U.S. strikes from bases in Italy.
- In Germany, AfD lawmakers labeled Trump politically toxic after the Hungary loss, while Romania’s Diana Sosoaca and France’s Marine Le Pen condemned his Iran war.
- Analysts warn Trump’s Iran campaign threatens a Hormuz shutdown and pricier oil, a squeeze that could hit European households and make his allies pay at the polls.
- Commentary now frames a recalibration, though some outlets stress Orbán fell mainly for economic failings, as Péter Magyar pivots Hungary back toward the European Union.