Szijjártó: The mainstream sees Trump as a threat and ignores the will of the people

April 06. 2023. – 08:09 AM

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According to Hungaria Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, "the mainstream sees former US President Donald Trump, who was indicted on Tuesday, as a threat and a danger".

Trump is suspected of business fraud having paid a porn star a bribe of 130,000 US dollars through his lawyer in 2016 in exchange for her silence about their affair. The case is without precedent, as Trump is the first ex-president to be indicted in US history.

Szijjártó reacted to the indictment against Trump at a press conference in Brussels on Wednesday. "It seems that the mainstream, be it the political world, the judicial world, or the media, cannot stand Donald Trump. The mainstream sees Donald Trump as a threat, as a menace, and ignores the will of the people in this respect. We therefore wish the President every success and perseverance, and we sincerely hope that Hungarian-American political relations will return to being as great as they once already were", the Foreign Minister said.

Earlier this week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán tweeted a message of support for Donald Trump as well:

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