BUDAPEST, Hungary — Former President Donald Trump on Friday said he looked forward to working closely with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán when he becomes the 47th president.
“I look forward to working closely with Prime Minister Orbán and once again when I take the oath of office as the 47th President of the United States,” Trump said in video-taped remarks aired at Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Hungary.
Trump also praised Orbán, saying they both cracked down on illegal immigration, protected their borders, created jobs and defended their traditions.
Orbán also spoke warmly of Trump, whom he visited at Mar-a-Lago last month.
He encouraged Trump to “fight for his own truth” in the various legal cases he is facing.
File/U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty)
“If necessary, they will use government agencies against us — as my American friends say, ‘weaponizing state institutions,’” Orbán said on the first day of the conference , adding, “This happens to us Hungarians constantly in Brussels. This is what is happening to President Trump in America, and we encourage him to fight for his own truth not only in the elections, but also in the courts.”
Orbán called the upcoming U.S. presidential election and E.U. elections in June an opportunity to usher in an “era of sovereignty.”
“The order of the world is changing, and we must usher our cause to triumph in the midst of these changes. Progressive liberals feel the danger. Replacing this era means replacing them,” he said.
“Make America great again, make Europe great again! Go Donald Trump, go European sovereigntists!” he concluded in his remarks. “Let’s saddle up, put on our armor, head to the battlefield and begin the election battle!”
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