US president said Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is ‘looking for a dictatorship’ after Orbán met with Trump in Florida

Hungary summoned the US ambassador over comments by the US president, Joe Biden, who said the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, wants a dictatorship.

The Hungarian leader traveled to Florida on Friday for talks with Donald Trump during a visit in which he did not meet with anyone from the Biden administration.

During a campaign event in Philadelphia, Biden referred to his rival’s meeting with the Hungarian politician: “You know who he’s meeting with today down at Mar-a-Lago? Orbán of Hungary, who stated flatly he doesn’t think democracy works, he’s looking for dictatorship.”

Rights groups and European capitals have repeatedly raised concerns that Orbán and his Fidesz party have undermined checks and balances in Hungary. In 2014, Orbán memorably announced that he was building an “illiberal” state.

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    The Hungarian leader traveled to Florida on Friday for talks with Donald Trump during a visit in which he did not meet with anyone from the Biden administration.

    World leader visits foreign country to visit a presidential candidate and not the actual president. Clearly taking sides and visibly supporting a candidate. I’m sure Orban would have been just fine if Biden visited his opponent in 2022 when he was running for re-election.

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      World leader Dictator visits foreign country to visit a presidential candidate conspire with another wanna-be dictator to overthrow it

      FTFY.

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    Ah yes, the perfect way to prove that you’re not a dictator is to do the exact same thing that an insecure dictator would do.

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      I’ve read like, half of The Left Hand of Darkness and I’m pretty sure this is correct

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Hungary summoned the US ambassador over comments by the US president, Joe Biden, who said the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, wants a dictatorship.

    The Hungarian leader traveled to Florida on Friday for talks with Donald Trump during a visit in which he did not meet with anyone from the Biden administration.

    Rights groups and European capitals have repeatedly raised concerns that Orbán and his Fidesz party have undermined checks and balances in Hungary.

    Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, dismissed the American president’s words as “lies”.

    In a press conference on Tuesday, he said the American ambassador in Budapest, David Pressman, had been summoned and met with a senior Hungarian official earlier in the day.

    In an interview with Hungarian state-controlled media after the visit, the prime minister called Trump “a man of peace”.


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    Hungarian here. tf??? Tbf, basically everyone here says “haha the western dollar-media doesn’t understand our government/people/culture und und und”. Even Opposition voters.

    Also, Orbán is only the third or second worst option. We also have actual Neo-Nazis in parliament, thankfully not yet to AfD/right extreme FPÖ levels.

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      Doesn’t change the fact, that Hungary or at least the politicians have to actually disprove the suggestions, Orban wants a dictatorship - because pretty much all he talks about is exactly that in one form or the other.

      Summoning the Ambassador and calling the accusations “lies” doesn’t do shit in terms of disproving it.

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        No no, Orbán doesn’t want to be a dictator, he wants Fidesz to be the only party. You know this because he would hand over the PM post to Máté Kocsis any time and you know he would because Máté acted like a sack of shit in the pardon scandal.

        But yes. The govt is bullshitting its way through being a dictator.