Joe Biden attacks Donald Trump after his meeting with Hungarian Viktor Orban
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While Viktor Orban (left), the authoritarian Prime Minister of Hungary, and Donald Trump met in Florida, Joe Biden seized the opportunity to confront his opponent in the upcoming US presidential election.
United States – He dreams of returning to the White House and does not skimp on the means to prove that his ideas are spreading throughout the world. After meeting with Argentine Javier Miley at the end of February, Donald Trump appeared in the company of another authoritarian and reactionary leader on Friday, March 8: Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister. This was immediately criticized by Joe Biden, who seeks to highlight his rival's failures in the US presidential elections in November.
Viktor Orbán has already met with “ good friend » Donald Trump in his stronghold in Florida. The Hungarian Prime Minister is one of the rare leaders in Europe who hopes that the Republican candidate will win the presidential elections next November against Democrat Joe Biden.
Between support and tolerance towards Putin
What the last city was concerned about. ” Do you know who he will meet today at Mar-a-Lago? », Joe Biden told his supporters during a campaign meeting. “ Hungary's Orbán, who has openly declared that he does not believe democracy works and is seeking to “establish” a dictatorship The Democratic head of state added, in keeping with his campaign rhetoric: “ I see a future in which we defend democracy, not weaken it. »
Joe Biden also once again denounced the statements of his predecessor in the White House, 77, which, according to him, encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade NATO countries. It is the point where Donald Trump and Viktor Orban still meet, as Hungary is the only EU member that has maintained close relations with the Kremlin despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Viktor Orban refuses to send any military support to Ukraine and regularly calls for a ceasefire, convinced that Kiev cannot win. In the same context, Donald Trump is pushing his supporters in Congress to block $60 billion in US military aid to Kiev, which President Joe Biden has defended.
Hungary is counting on Trump returning to work
On Friday evening, Viktor Orban posted on Facebook a photo of himself next to the former president with the Trump logo written in the caption: “ Make America great again ” (or ” Let's make America great again “).
” The visit focused on building relations between American and Hungarian conservatives, and the benefits that could come from the election of President Trump next November. », Gladen Babin, a close collaborator of Viktor Orbán, announced to Agence France-Presse that the meeting had already taken place.
” We are not playing dice, it is just that betting on the return of President Donald Trump is the only reasonable approach for Hungary. », Viktor Orban had previously announced at the beginning of the week.
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