Trump administration urges Viktor Orbán to run for UN secretary-general, hoping Russia and China will back the bid

Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán, as a State Department official reportedly admitted the plan to install Orbán as UN secretary-general sounds "crazy" at first.

A State Department official hailed Viktor Orbán as 'the dream MAGA-conservative candidate' and claimed eight Security Council votes were already 'comfortably' in hand. The official admitted the plan sounds 'crazy' at first. Britain and France, both holding vetoes, could still block it. Orbán is interested but will not run unless he is sure of winning.

Polish PM Donald Tusk laughed the idea off as 'funny'.

Any announcement could wait until after the US midterms in November.

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