Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says that US President Donald Trump’s “America First” speech sent a signal that he can take the same stance in his country and others can do the same in theirs.
Orban says he interpreted Trump’s statement as “the end of multilateralism” and as permission for Hungary to also put itself in first place.
Trump said in his inaugural address that Washington “will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world.”
“But we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first,” Trump said Friday. “We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example.”
Orban, an early supporter of Trump who has praised his immigration policies, says Trump’s words are “a great thing, a great freedom and a great gift.”
“We have received permission from, if you like, the highest position in the world so we can now also put ourselves in first place,” Orban says.
— AP
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