Budapest’s past support for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro who was captured by U.S. troops, clashes with Washington’s stance, while Orbán has defended U.S. moves as beneficial for global energy markets. At home, opposition leader Péter Magyar has threatened diplomatic retaliation against Slovakia’s new law making it illegal to criticize the post-WWII Beneš Decrees which gave a legal basis for the expulsion of Hungarians. This has put pressure on Orbán’s nationalist credentials less than 100 days before voters head to the polls.