Trump wrote today: "Respected Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a truly strong and powerful leader with a reliable record of outstanding achievements. He tirelessly fights and deeply loves his great country and people, just as I do for the United States of America. Viktor is fully committed to defending Hungary, developing the economy, creating jobs, promoting trade, stopping illegal immigration, and maintaining law and order! During my term, the relationship between Hungary and the United States has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation and achieved remarkable achievements, which are largely due to Prime Minister Orbán. I look forward to continuing to work closely with him, taking our two countries further along this great path of success and cooperation. I proudly supported Viktor's re-election in 2022, and now I again honorably endorse him. Viktor Orbán is a true friend, fighter, and winner. I fully and unconditionally support his re-election as Prime Minister of Hungary—he will never let down the great Hungarian people!" President Donald J. Trump
Comment: Trump's praise essentially aims to find international models and allies for his political agenda, using Orbán's governance model as a "successful overseas case" of his own governing philosophy, in order to counter domestic criticism of his tough and authoritarian tendencies. At the same time, it is also a demonstration to the mainstream liberal forces in Europe, sending signals to conservative forces in Europe, intending to reshape the internal political alliances within the West. By strongly supporting Orbán, an "outlier" within the EU, it weakens the cohesion of traditional Western value alliances. This transnational right-wing coordination not only intensifies Sino-Western diplomatic differences but also deepens the division of values within the West, causing deeper fractures in the unity of NATO and the EU.
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