‘He’s Looking For Dictatorship’: Joe Biden Rips Viktor Orbán’s Mar-A-Lago Visit

On Mar 9, 2024

President Joe Biden took intention at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán because the European autocrat met with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago property Friday.

“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. That’s who he’s meeting with,” stated Biden at a rally close to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

“I see a future where we defend democracy, not diminish it. I see a future where we defend our freedoms, not take them away.”

Biden: Trump thinks Putin is a robust, respectable man. You know who he is assembly with right this moment in mar-a-lago? Orbán of Hungary who acknowledged flatly he does not assume democracy works, he is searching for dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/PsmPWfew9K

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Biden’s remarks arrived on the identical day that Orbán, a far-right chief who has described migrants as “poison” and gone after LGBTQ rights, dropped by Mar-a-Lago the place the previous president praised him as “fantastic.”

“There’s nobody that’s better, smarter or a better leader than Viktor Orbán,” Trump stated.

“He’s a non-controversial figure because he says, ‘This is the way it’s gonna be and that’s the end of it,’ right? He’s the boss. No, he’s a great leader.”

The go to comes a day after Orbán spoke on the Heritage Foundation, a conservative assume tank that leads “Project 2025.”

The venture, the Associated Press famous, seems to recruit hundreds “to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to” Trump’s personal in his attainable second time period.

Trump with Orban tonight:

“There’s nobody that’s better, smarter or a better leader than Viktor Orban. He’s fantastic…He’s a non-controversial figure because he says, ‘This is the way it’s going to be,’ and that’s the end of it. Right? He’s the boss. No, he’s a great leader.” pic.twitter.com/8A1bUjm9fF

— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) March 9, 2024

A CNN supply described the assembly between Trump and Orbán as “friendly” whereas one other stated the Hungarian prime minister sought the assembly with the previous president.

A Biden administration official instructed the community that the White House “did not extend an invitation” to Orbán to go to with the president and the Hungarian prime minister didn’t ask for a gathering with Biden, both.

Biden, earlier within the day, responded to a reporter who requested if he was “concerned” that Trump was assembly with Orbán.

“If I’m not, you should be,” he replied.