{"id":92762,"date":"2019-05-13T15:56:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/05\/13\/trump-to-meet-hungarys-nationalist-prime-minister-viktor-orban-live\/"},"modified":"2019-05-13T15:56:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:56:46","slug":"trump-to-meet-hungarys-nationalist-prime-minister-viktor-orban-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=92762","title":{"rendered":"Trump to meet Hungary&#039;s nationalist prime minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viktor Orb\u00e1n was snubbed by the Obama administration, which accused him of weakening democracy and is known for his anti-migration rhetoricSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.56pm BST So what\u2019s so special about that Orb\u00e1n meeting? Well for one thing it fits into a pattern of Trump cosying up to authoritarian leaders \u2013 see Vladimir Putin, Brazil\u2019s Jair Bolsonaro and Saudi Arabia\u2019s Mohammed bin Salman, to name but three.Orb\u00e1n, the far-right Hungarian prime minister, has been accused of attacks on the media, minorities and the courts. He was snubbed by both Barack Obama and George W Bush, while last year the European parliament voted to bring disciplinary proceedings against Hungary for putting the rule of law at risk. 2.19pm BST Good morning and welcome to your live coverage of the day\u2019s political news.\u2022Donald Trump is welcoming the nationalist prime minister of Hungary at 2pm for a bilateral meeting. Viktor Orb\u00e1n was snubbed by the Obama administration, which accused him of weakening democracy in Hungary. Orb\u00e1n is known for his loud anti-migration rhetoric and has repeatedly praised Trump. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2019\/may\/13\/trump-news-today-live-orban-hungary-meeting-mueller-democrats-2020-latest-updates\" target=\"_blank\">Trump to meet Hungary&#039;s nationalist prime minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2013 live<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viktor Orb\u00e1n was snubbed by the Obama administration, which accused him of weakening democracy and is known for his anti-migration rhetoricSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.56pm BST So what\u2019s so special about that Orb\u00e1n meeting? Well for one thing it fits into a pattern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}