A top European Union official criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on July 16 for launching a self-styled Ukraine “peace mission” without EU backing. This move included talks with former U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of Russia and China. In a letter to fellow leaders of the 27-nation bloc, Orban said that Trump, the U.S. Republican presidential candidate, is prepared to act “immediately” as a peace broker in the Russia-Ukraine war if elected in November. Charles Michel, the chair of the European Council of the EU’s national leaders, reprimanded the Hungarian premier a…