Orban Is an Outsider in Europe. At CPAC, He Fits Right In

Hungarian prime minister highlights Trump’s favorite themes
Orban also spoke at a CPAC event held in Hungary in May

Viktor Orban speaks during CPAC in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday.Photographer: Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg

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By Mark Niquette

August 4, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is used to being pigeonholed as a pariah in Europe. But in Texas, before an audience of die-hard Donald Trump supporters, his spiel against progressives, immigrants and the media was warmly embraced.

Orban opened the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas on Thursday by urging the right-wing Republican crowd to follow his example in Hungary. He struck many of the same themes they would find in a typical Trump speech. Indeed, the former president is taking center stage on Saturday.