Vance Called Zelensky’s Remarks About Orban “Absurd” and “Scandalous.”

U.S. Vice President JD Vance reacted sharply to Volodymyr Zelensky’s remarks about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, calling them “absurd,” “unacceptable,” and “scandalous.”

“Until yesterday, I did not even know that Zelensky had said he intended to send soldiers to the prime minister’s residence. Viktor told me about it, and then I checked it myself. I could hardly believe it was true, but it is. It is utterly scandalous. It should never be the case that a foreign head of government or state threatens the head of government of an allied country. It is absurd. It is unacceptable,” he said.

The reference was to Zelensky’s March 5 statement, in which he threatened to give Orban’s address to Ukrainian soldiers if Budapest continued to block the allocation of a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine.