Budapest summons US ambassador to protest Biden's 'dictator' Orban remark

Hungary has summoned the US ambassador to Budapest to protest a statement by US President Joe Biden that Prime Minister Viktor Orban is seeking a dictatorship, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said at a press conference today. Orban has openly supported former US President Donald Trump's bid for the White House, and his administration has often clashed with the current Biden administration, including over Hungary's close ties to Russia. Orban, a staunch supporter of Trump's return to the White House, met with him in Florida last Friday. Hungary's prime minister reiterated his admiration for the former US president, calling the Republican tycoon the “president of peace” and the only presidential candidate who can end the war in Ukraine. In a campaign appearance in Pennsylvania after the meeting between Orban and Trump, Joe Biden mocked the fact that Trump met the leader […]
Source: News Beast

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