Former U.S. President Donald Trump had a cordial meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the 8th (local time).
Far-right Prime Minister Orban is a person who has not only cracked down on his country’s media and judiciary, but has also shown negative and racist attitudes toward immigration.
Although he is close to former President Trump, he has a polar opposite relationship with current U.S. President Joe Biden. Among European Union (EU) country leaders, he is also a figure with close ties to Russia despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
According to AP, Reuters, and AFP, Prime Minister Orbán skipped the current president, Biden, and met with former president Trump on this day, expressing support for him as the next president.
A rematch between Democratic President Biden and Republican former President Trump in the November presidential election is virtually confirmed.
Prime Minister Orban visited the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, owned by former President Trump, this afternoon and met with former President Trump.
Prime Minister Orban posted a scene on his social media (SNS) of meeting with former President Trump and a scene of him handing a large bouquet of flowers to his wife, Melania Trump.
Along with this, he also wrote in English, ‘Make America great again, Mr. President!’
In a video posted on social media, former President Trump told attendees that Prime Minister Orbán was “an uncontroversial figure,” adding, “Because if he says, ‘This is going to be it,’ that’s the end of it.” “He is the boss,” he praised.
Before meeting former President Trump, Prime Minister Orbán also gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, in Washington, DC. The Heritage Foundation is in charge of the ‘2025 Project’, which creates a national blueprint for former President Trump’s re-election.
After speaking at the Heritage Foundation, he wrote on
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who visited former US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on the 8th (local time), wrote on his Facebook page, ‘Make America great again, Mr. President!’ (Capture from Prime Minister Orbán’s Facebook page) 2024.03.09/News 1Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto also wrote in a post from Palm Beach, “If former President Trump had been elected President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election, the war in Ukraine would not have broken out, and the Middle East conflict would have been resolved much sooner.”
Former President Trump’s team said the two officials “discussed a wide range of issues affecting both countries, including the importance of strong and secure borders to protect each country’s sovereignty.”
President Biden strongly criticized the meeting between the two. While campaigning in Pennsylvania that day, he said, “Do you know who (former President Trump) will be meeting at Mar-a-Lago today? “Hungary’s Orbán is adamant that democracy does not work,” he pointed out.
He then appealed for support, saying, “He (Orban) is looking for a dictatorship,” and “I see a future in which we protect democracy, not weaken it.”
Former President Trump emphasized that we must be cautious as he continues to work closely with authoritarians such as Prime Minister Orbán, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un.
Source: Donga
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