Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his government will take legal action to eliminate non-governmental organizations and media receiving U_S_ or international funding, saying they could be considered foreign “agents.

Hungary is leading a crackdown on NGOs and media outlets operating in the country that receive funding from the US and other international sources. An ally of US President Donald Trump, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his government was going “line by line” through organisations that have received financial assistance from the US.

Mr Orban, an ally of US President Donald Trump, said in statements on state radio that his government was going “line by line” through organisations operating in Hungary that

Prime Minister praised Trump’s decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, claiming such aid had been used to fund organizations that sought to ‘topple’ his government