PM Orbán’s spin doctor, Árpád Habony, allegedly tried to connect Trump with Georgia’s “pro-Russia” government

Habony’s task was to establish a relationship between the newly-elected Georgian prime minister (and the country’s de facto leader, Bidzina Ivanishvili) and President Trump, but the project was unsuccessful after the Magnitsky sanctions were imposed on Minister Antal Rogán. VSquare’s Szabolcs Panyi wrote that Habony, PM Orbán’s chief spin doctor, worked in Slovakia and Poland, as well, and he also travelled to Florida to network with the Trump team. Habony also played a key part in the Georgian elections last October.

Constitutional crisis in Georgia

Georgia is undergoing a constitutional crisis since President Salome Zourabichvili did not accept her removal by the newly-elected parliament. That comes after the disputed October parliamentary elections when the Georgian Dream (the former President’s previous party) won a majority and modified relevant measures. They placed the election of the president in the power of a parliamentary college of electors.

Hungary’s PM Orbán did not accept the doubts concerning the October elections and travelled to Tbilisi to congratulate Irakli Kobakhidze for his victory. “I congratulate the Prime Minister on his election victory. I look at the debate that has erupted around the election, I have read the assessment by international organisations, and I see that no one dares to question that this election was a free and democratic election. For all the critical comments, no one dares to go that far. And they are right not to do so because we Hungarians also sent observers, we were here, and we saw what happened with our own eyes. Before I came here I studied the reports of the Hungarian observers, which were clearly positive and reported a free and democratic election. I congratulate the Prime Minister on this”, the Hungarian prime minister concluded.

Trump and the Republicans do not like the pro-Russia Georgian PM

However, it seems that PM Orbán’s new Transatlantic allies, President Trump, his team and the Republicans do not share the Hungarian leader’s positive opinion about what happened in Georgia. According to VSquare’s Szabolcs Panyi, it caused outrage in Republican circles that PM Kobakhidze appeared together on a photo with Iranian, Hezbollah, and Hamas leaders. “The same terrorists actively plotted to assassinate Donald Trump and call for the death of America every day. We see you. America will not be fooled”, a Republican Congressman, Joe Wilson, posted on X in the issue.

Therefore, it is not surprising that President Trump did not invite Kobakhidze to his inauguration. Instead, he invited Salome Zourabichvili, who has become a leader of the Georgian political opposition. That is a kind of failure of Árpád Habony, PM Orbán’s spin doctor, whose task was to smooth the new Georgian prime minister’s relationships with the Trump leadership.

Orbán’s spin doctor has helped Georgian Dream for two years

Meanwhile, Habony completed his other task successfully. According to Mr Panyi, he actively contributed to the election victory of the Georgian Dream movement, PM Kobakhidze’s political party.

“Behind the scenes, Orbán’s campaign strategists, particularly his chief spin doctor, Árpád Habony, have been aiding the pro-Kremlin GD government for at least two years, according to sources closely following Georgian politics. These claims were shared with me and German journalist Silvia Stöber, an expert on political developments in Georgia, who collaborated with me on this scoop. Multiple sources confirmed Habony’s frequent presence in Tbilisi, notably at the Sheraton Hotel near the airport and GD’s headquarters,” Panyi wrote on VSquare. Earlier, Habony worked in Slovakia and Poland, aiding Orbán’s local allies, and he also flew to Florida to network with the Trump team.

Will Trump meet the billionaire de facto leader of Georgia?

The new Georgian government turned away from the European Union and put accession talks on hold, sparking severe protests throughout the country. Georgian opposition says the Georgian Dream movement is a pro-Kremlin force.

Additionally, according to recent Georgian media reports, PM Orbán tried to broker a meeting between GD leader and Georgia’s de facto leader, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili and Trump. However, the plan collapsed after the Magnitsky sanctions were imposed on Minister Antal Rogán.

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