Trump Signals Openness to Exempting Hungary from Russian Oil Sanctions NYT | Top Stories By: Erica L. Green and Lara Jakes 8 November 2025 at 05:08 Despite a chummy relationship, new U.S. penalties on Russian energy were likely to be a sticking point as President Trump and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary met. © Doug Mills/The New York TimesPresident Trump and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary at a meeting in the Oval Office in 2019.