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USA: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Endorses Donald Trump
Politicoscope ^ | July 24, 2016 | Editor

Posted on 07/24/2016 5:14:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday became the first European leader to endorse U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him a “better option” for the bloc than his rival, Hillary Clinton.

“I am not a Donald Trump campaigner. I never thought it would occur to me that of the available options, he would be the better one for Europe and for Hungary,” Orban said in an annual speech at a summer school in Baile Tusnad in Romania.

The right-wing leader said he was swayed by security proposals Trump had made in his acceptance speech as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee on Thursday night.

Depicting America as a country mired in violence, Trump had vowed to increase intelligence efforts, suspend immigration from nations “compromised by terrorism,” and stop a “failed policy of nation-building and regime change” in places like Syria and Iraq.

Orban is also a fervent opponent of immigration — particularly from Muslim nations — and has blamed recent terror attacks in Europe on the bloc’s refugee crisis, which erupted last summer.

“(Trump) has made some proposals about stopping terrorism, that I as a European couldn’t have said better regarding what would be best for Europe,” Orban said.

Orban stressed Europe had to create a network of national intelligence agencies that matched “the world’s best.”

He also supported Trump’s push to “abandon the policy of exporting democracy.”

Orban said the West’s toppling of authoritarian “but stable” regimes in Libya, Syria and Iraq had sparked chaos and unleashed the influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.

“If we prioritize democracy-building rather than stability in those regions where stability is more important, then we are kindling insecurity,” he said.

Orban warned the same applied to current events in Turkey, which has declared a state of emergency and launched a mass crackdown after a failed coup on July 15.

“If Turkey becomes unstable, then many tens of millions of people could turn toward Europe,” he said.

Around 400,000 migrants and refugees passed through Hungary in 2015 before the government sealed off its southern borders with razor-wire fences in autumn and brought in tough new anti-migrant laws.

Earlier this month, the government announced it would hold a referendum on Oct. 2 on the EU’s troubled plan to share 160,000 migrants around the 28-nation bloc via mandatory quotas.


TOPICS: Campaign News
KEYWORDS: hungary; trump

1 posted on 07/24/2016 5:14:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump — right on message that the REAL world wants to hear.


2 posted on 07/24/2016 5:16:13 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He is so much smarter than Merkel, Hollande, etc.......


3 posted on 07/24/2016 5:17:42 PM PDT by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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To: Chgogal
Trump emits an odor of testosterone that must make RATS and EuroTrash collective noses burn like fire...
4 posted on 07/24/2016 5:23:56 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Orban cites several bullet points regarding failed Obama-Clinton foreign policy and military action in his message, so he’s not a cheerleader he’s a pragmatist for Hungary.


5 posted on 07/24/2016 5:28:23 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I guess Orban didn’t get any clinton cash/deals


6 posted on 07/24/2016 5:34:05 PM PDT by b4me (Idolatry is rampant in thoughts and actions. Choose whom you will serve....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Liberal world thinkers use to praise the Hungarian people ...now they despise them because they align with Trumpism.


7 posted on 07/24/2016 5:37:08 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe he is playing nice with Trump because of their share of NATO spending...last on the list. But they are not as rich as Germany, Canada and the Netherlands; all 3 are skating on 50% of their obligation. Why should we defend Germany, so they can give their citizens cradle to grave financial security.

http://www.businessinsider.com/only-us-and-estonia-meeting-nato-budget-goal-2015-2


8 posted on 07/24/2016 5:46:24 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
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The Bern Bots need to wake...they can either move to Germany or vote for Trump.


9 posted on 07/24/2016 5:49:04 PM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fantastic guy who stated Islam was inconsistent with their Constitution. Give that man a medal.


10 posted on 07/24/2016 5:51:46 PM PDT by Lent
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To: MaxistheBest

Hungarians are smart people.


11 posted on 07/24/2016 6:55:19 PM PDT by FreedBird
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