Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
Under normal circumstances, when foreign leaders visit the United States, they go to the White House for a presidential meeting. Late last week, however, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived on American soil — and went to Mar-a-Lago. Some questions about Donald Trump hosting the autocratic leader have already been answered. We know, for example, that the former president welcomed Orbán to his glorified country club.
The prime minister’s comments were striking for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that Orbán appears to have pulled back the curtain on a well-guarded secret: Trump’s plan for the war. Circling back to our earlier coverage, in February 2022, as Vladimir Putin faced international condemnations, the former American president offered rather enthusiastic praise for the Russian leader, touting Putin’s aggressive moves against Ukraine as “genius” and “very savvy.
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