Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s controversial speech to supporters in Romania with statements about “racial miscegenation” and an allusion to the Nazi gas chambers in connection with the EU gas emergency plan has also sparked outrage in the US. The State Department in Washington said the statements were “inexcusable”. But there are also fans in the US. And before that, Orban will also deliver a speech at a Republican conference in Texas, which begins Thursday. To warm up, the Prime Minister met ex-President Donald Trump. He exchanged ideas with the 76-year-old about, among other things, the war in Ukraine. After the meeting, Orban emphasized that there was an agreement that peace should be established in Ukraine. However, this can “only be achieved by strong leaders”.
“That is why it is in our interest as Ukraine’s neighbors that the US is strong. Cooperation with Trump has been good in the past. We hope it will continue to be so in the future. I wish him every success,” Orban said in a statement. a video on his Facebook page, noting that the US is a key ally of Hungary.
Trump: ‘Few know what’s happening in the world today’
Trump himself also gave roses to his counterpart on his own social media platform Truth Social: “It was a good time with Viktor Orban. We have discussed many interesting topics. Few people know what is happening in the world today.” The Republican also said the Hungarian delegation celebrated Orban’s election victory in April.
“Let the Man Speak”
After the meeting in New Jersey, Orban will now travel to Dallas, Texas, where he will be one of several foreign guest speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Held annually, CPAC is considered the largest gathering of conservative activists and politicians in the world. In addition to Orban, the list of speakers includes well-known American conservatives, as well as names such as Eduardo Bolsonaro (son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro) or Nigel Farage (founder of the Brexit Party, also chaired several EU skeptical groups in the EU Parliament). ).
Organizers in Dallas also felt compelled to comment on Orban’s controversial July 23 statements in the Romanian spa town of Baile Tusnad. But unloading the Hungarian was out of the question. “Let’s let the man do the talking,” CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp told US media. “And if there’s a disagreement, let people bring it up.”
Source: Krone
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