Trump: PM Orbán is the ‘toughest man’ in Europe – VIDEO
“Viktor Orbán, the most respected man— probably the toughest man in Europe, maybe beyond Europe”, former President Donald Trump said in Iowa yesterday based on a video uploaded on X (Twitter).
Trump’s yesterday campaign raid took place in Iowa’s Mason City, where he praised Hungarian PM Orbán again. He said he was the most respected and the toughest man here.
Before, the former US president said Hungary had great luck by having Orbán. However, sometimes he did not know which country Orbán leads since he called him the great leader of Türkiye last October.
Orbán and Trump have developed a strong connection in the last few years. The big question is what experts regularly analyse: is it worth it?
In 2015, long before Trump won the nomination of the Republicans when he was only one of the many candidates, Orbán endorsed Trump. He was the first European leader to do so. However, after Trump’s victory, ice melted slowly between the USA and Hungary. For example, Trump met all the leaders of Central and Eastern Europe but left Orbán to be the last in that regard.
Since then, many things have changed. Budapest regularly hosts the CPAC, the American conservatives’ biggest annual gathering. Furthermore, Trump and Orbán met in person before the Dallas CPAC in 2022. Ever since Trump’s campaign restarted, he regularly praises Orbán in his speeches.
Trump has good chances to win back the White House this November. Of course, he will enter office only in January, and the administration change is even slower. Under the Biden era, the relationship between Hungary and America reached historic lows since the change of the regime in 1989-1990. For example, Washington terminated tax agreements unilaterally and introduced visa restrictions against Hungarian citizens. It might be symbolic but telling that even Bucharest, Romania’s capital, will have direct flights to the USA (or Canada), while Budapest does not.
Orbán risks and may win a lot if Trump becomes president again. But if Biden remains somehow, Hungary will be in an even worse position in the eyes of Washington. Or a foreign policy change will be inevitable, meaning even changing Hungary’s harsh anti-support position in Ukraine.
Here is the video:
Trump: Viktor Orbán, the most respected man— probably the most toughest man in Europe, maybe beyond Europe pic.twitter.com/lmeELvORIc
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 6, 2024
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