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Trump Greets Hungary's Hard-Right Leader In Oval Office

Critics say Trump's hosting of Viktor Orbán fits a pattern of his preference for authoritarian leaders in Turkey, Brazil, the Philippines, Russia and Egypt.

President Trump hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the White House on Monday, a gesture that two past presidents have avoided granting to the hard-right European leader.

"People have a lot of respect for this Prime Minister," the president in a photo-op in the Oval Office before their meeting. Trump went on to warmly praise

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