Former US President Donald Trump praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a meeting with voters on Monday. But he calls him the leader of Türkiye, but it’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At the same time, he added that Orbán has a border with Russia. But that’s also not true – neither Hungary nor Turkey are Russia’s neighbors. This is not the first time Trump has misrepresented facts about geography or politics.
“There is a man, Viktor Orbán, has anyone heard of him?” Trump asked his supporters at a campaign event in New Hampshire on Monday. “He is probably one of the most powerful leaders in the world. He is the leader of Türkiye,” he quoted the former president’s speech. Politico servers. Trump also mistakenly added that “Orbán is a neighbor to Russia.”
Trump has repeatedly praised Orbán, who opposes migration and the rights of LGBTQ+ people. He described his governing style as “illiberal democracy”. As president, he also hosted European politicians at the White House in 2019. The friendship was mutual.
Orbán was the first European leader to support Trump’s campaign in 2016. And even now he has called on the president to continue his fight after one of the criminal charges was filed against him. “Come back Mr. President. Make America great again and give us peace,” Orbán said at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) earlier this year.
Trump is charged in four cases and prosecutors allege a total of 91 crimes, but he remains the favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
Trump’s misinterpretation or ignorance of geopolitics is not unique. For example, the politician has said several times that he is running against Barack Obama for president and claimed that he beat Obama in 2016. Obama was president for eight years until 2016, when former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton ran for office. Democratic party.
In September, Trump blamed Jeb Bush, not his brother George W. Bush, for starting the war in Iraq. In the same speech, he accused current President Joe Biden of starting World War II and stated that voter cards were required to buy bread.
In connection with the presidential campaign, the physical health and mental vitality of the current head of state Joe Biden and his strongest rival Trump are also discussed in the American media. Biden is 80 years old, Trump is 77 years old.
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