Trump likes to back winners in foreign elections. The upcoming vote in Hungary will test his clout

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In Hungary, President Donald Trump and his top officials used social media and an election-eve trip to Budapest to promote the country’s far-right prime minister in his reelection campaign. In Argentina, the U.S. administration worked to prop up the country’s financial markets to the tune of $20 billion -- then Trump threatened to pull the assistance if its elections didn’t go his preferred way. And in Honduras, he backed a conservative former mayor for president — and pardoned