Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been called out on social media after she attacked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on social media. Orban, who has become a close ally to former President Donald Trump, has become a target of the left, where Clinton described him as a “democracy-killing Hungarian dictator.”
Last week, Clinton took to social media, writing, “Not familiar with Viktor Orbán, the democracy-killing Hungarian dictator whose approval Trump touted on the debate stage last night? Here’s a good explainer,” while sharing a critical piece on Vox about the prime minister, titled, ” It happened there: how democracy died in Hungary.”
However, the popular conservative X account, Libs of TikTok, dug up an old photo of Clinton shaking hands with Orban, appearing jovial during the interaction. Libs of TikTok also shared a transcript of Clinton engaging with Orban in a very friendly manner. The post was a direct reply to Hillary Clinton’s criticism of the Hungarian Prime minister, which read, “This you?”
The transcript Libs of TikTok shared began, “Thank you very much, Prime Minister. I am delighted to be back in Budapest, and on such an auspicious occasion. The United States admires greatly the progress of the journey that Hungarians have taken over the last 21 years. And we feel a strong affinity with Hungarians because of our mutual belief and commitment to fundamental freedoms. And yesterday and today gave us that opportunity to demonstrate in a tangible way our strong connections. The celebration of the centennial of President Reagan’s birth with the new statue and then, of course, the inauquration of such an extraordinary Hungarian American, Tom Lantos’s institute to continue the work that he did during his lifetime.”
It continued, “The prime minister and I reaffirmed the strong ties between our countries. We are NATO allies. we are economic partners, and we are friends. Our discussion was productive and far-ranging. We talked about our mutual commitment in Afghanistan, where Hungary’s contributions have been outstanding. We talked too about the important work that Hungary is doing at home as well as through the presidency of the EU to ensure that the Roma people enjoy the same rights and freedoms as any other Europeans. And I deeply appreciate the decisive steps the government has taken to eliminate hate crimes
against its Romani citizens.”
Emphasizing her support for Orban an dhis leadership, Clinton continued, “We are strongly supportive of the prime minister’s commitment to rebuild and strengthen Hungary’s economy. We think that the steps that are being taken to open the economy, to rely more on trade and investment as major economic drivers are absolutely right. We applaud the effort to eliminate corruption that discourages foreign investors and entrepreneurs.”
Former President Donald cited Prime Minister Orban during the recent presidential debate, applauding him as a “strong man.” Trump said, “Let me just tell leaders victor Orban, one of the most respected men, they call him a strong man. He’s a she’s a tough person, smart prime minister of Hungary, they said, why is the whole world blowing up? Three years ago, it wasn’t why is it blowing up? He said, ‘because you need Trump back as president.'”
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