President Biden criticized former President Trump for meeting with Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, emphasizing his main campaign promise to protect democracy.
Biden mentioned at a campaign event in Pennsylvania that Trump was meeting with Orban at Mar-a-Lago, pointing out that Orban has openly expressed doubt about the effectiveness of democracy and is seeking a dictatorship.
The president also mentioned that world leaders have expressed concerns to him about Trump's potential re-election, stating that their democracies could be in danger. also claimed that nine heads of state have told him he has to win in November.
Orban visited Trump at his home in Florida and posted a photograph on Facebook of the two of them together with the caption, “Meeting with President Donald Trump. Make America great again, Mr. President!”
When Biden was leaving the White House for Philadelphia, he was asked if he’s concerned that Trump is meeting with Orban.
“If I’m not, you should be,” the president replied.
Biden has made the fight to defend democracy a top issue in this election and often on the campaign trail talks about how democracy would be at stake with another four years of Trump.
Biden and Trump both head to Georgia on Saturday to campaign — dueling trips that mark the ramp up of general election campaigning after Super Tuesday and the president’s State of the Union address.
