Trump highlights praise from Orbán after Biden criticizes meeting

Former President Trump highlighted reward from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in social media posts Sunday night time, shortly after President Biden criticized Trump for internet hosting the autocrat at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump, the one remaining GOP candidate operating for president in 2024, promoted a video from the Hungarian autocrat and re-posted Orbán’s reward of him as “a president of peace.”

“He commanded respect on this planet, and created the circumstances for peace. Throughout his presidency there was peace within the Center East and peace in Ukraine. We want him again greater than ever!” Orbán wrote in a social media submit that was then amplified by Trump.

“Thanks for the invitation, Mr. President!” Orbán added within the submit.

Trump’s posts come after he confronted sharp criticism from Biden, who will probably be Trump’s Democratic opponent going into the 2024 common election.

Biden, who has made the struggle for democracy central to his 2024 marketing campaign, slammed Trump for internet hosting the Hungarian prime minister and his daughter to the previous president’s Florida property.

“You realize who he’s assembly with in the present day down at Mar-a-Lago?” Biden mentioned at a marketing campaign occasion in Pennsylvania this weekend. “Orban of Hungary, who said flatly he doesn’t assume democracy works, he’s searching for dictatorship.”

Biden added that world leaders have instructed him that Trump “can’t win once more, as a result of my democracy is at stake.” Final month, Biden additionally claimed 9 heads of state underscored the significance of his victory in November.

When Biden was leaving the White Home for Philadelphia, he was requested if he’s involved that Trump is assembly with Orbán.

“If I’m not, try to be,” the president mentioned.

On Saturday, Trump mentioned on Reality Social it was an honor to host Orbán at his dwelling.

“Viktor is a Nice Chief, revered everywhere in the World,” he wrote. “Hungary is a Secure Nation due to his Robust Immigration Insurance policies, and so long as he’s in cost, it all the time can be!”

Orbán lately has turn out to be a well-liked determine embraced by some on the American proper. He has delivered keynote speeches throughout Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) occasions, one among which was hosted final yr in Budapest, Hungary.