'Utterly distasteful': Donald Trump meeting with Hungary leader slammed by former White House adviser
A meeting today between President Donald Trump and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been deemed “utterly distasteful” by a former White House adviser in light of the right-wing European leader’s comments against Jewish and other minority groups.
“I think the message is now crystal clear,” she continued. “The United States is not going to allow human rights abuses or anti-Semitic statements or a nationalist approach on immigration to prohibit you from coming to the White House. This fundamentally says something very different about what the United States stands for. I think the message is that this president is very comfortable with authoritarian systems,” Smith added.
The Hungarian leader has engaged in dog-whistle politics, appealing to an anti-Semitic base while limiting political dissent. Though Orban has repeatedly denied the charge of anti-Semitism, in 2018 he was criticized for failing to condemn the use of a historically anti-Semitic trope employed by a pro-government publication on its front page. The cover page of the magazine showed Hungarian Jewish leader Andras Heisler, the head of the country’s largest Jewish group, surrounded by money.
When it comes to immigration policy , a skeptical stance on Europe and a talent for grabbing headlines with provocative and controversial statements, many comparisons have been made between the U.S. president and the Hungarian prime minister.
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