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US president’s backing comes as Hungary’s PM faces toughest election campaign of 16 years in office

Donald Trump has endorsed Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who faces his toughest electoral challenge next month since taking power 16 years ago, as Europe’s far-right leaders gather for a “grand assembly” in Budapest.

In a video message, the US president told the national-conservative Cpac Hungary conference in the capital on Saturday that Orbàn, who has been trailing in the polls behind a centre-right rival for more than a year, was a "fantastic guy."

Trump, who also backed Orbán on social media last month, said he had been a strong leader who had "shown the entire world what’s possible when you defend your borders, your culture, your heritage, your sovereignty and your values."

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[-] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago
[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago

I would think having trump endorse you for a race in Europe would be ballot box poison.

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

We can only hope

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"shown the entire world what’s possible when you defend your borders, your culture, your heritage, your sovereignty and your values."

...your Putin puppetmaster with his fist so far up your ass even Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog are jealous of your relationship.

[-] REDACTED@infosec.pub 4 points 21 hours ago

Translation: we surrendered to Russian demands

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