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Donald Trump meets Viktor Orban

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epa07567886 US President Donald J. Trump (L) welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) to the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 13 May 2019. Their meeting marks the first time a US president has granted Orban a formal visit in more than 20 years. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO

Donald Trump is hosting the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán at the White House. This meeting shrugs off complaints that the visit represented a reward for the erosion of democracy in Hungary and Orbán’s close ties to the Kremlin.

The White House said the Orbán visit was aimed and deepening US “re-engagement” in central Europe, and negotiating trade in arms and energy.

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Republicans and Democrats in Congress have expressed concerns over Orban’s visit citing what they call his anti-Semitic and xenophobic comments.

During their Oval Office meeting, the president acknowledged Orban’s visit “probably might be a little controversial but that’s ok.”

Orban won a fourth term in April 2018, whipping up support by promising to protect the country’s sovereignty against the European Union and its Christian majority from Muslim migrants.

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Topics Donald TrumpHungaryUSAViktor Orban