For months, US President Donald Trump has berated European Union countries for continuing to buy oil and gas from Russia, saying this helps fuel the Kremlin’s war machine and prolong the war in Ukraine that he has been at pains to end.

Orbán played his part to ingratiate himself with Trump today, arriving with an offer to buy U.S. nuclear fuel and technology, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister PÉTER SZIJJÁRTÓ. He also brought along a 180-member delegation of business leaders.

Ukraine held its breath during President Donald Trump’s Friday bilateral meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House, through which Orban steadily sought to move the president off his current position on its war against Russia.

The government shutdown hits Day 38 on Friday, and flight cancellations are rippling across U.S. airports as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) looks to ease the burden on unpaid air traffic controllers.

The two leaders are aligned politically but Washington has criticized Hungary for importing Russian energy even as rest of Europe unplugs from Moscow. Visit could see Hungary could striking LNG deal with Trump.