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At an annual meeting in Kötcse near Lake Balaton, streamed online, Orbán said the United States was dismantling “the global economy in which we have lived our lives so far and regional economic areas will emerge across the world”.
He said the new strategy of the United States, brought about by Donald Trump’s presidency, meant that the export of democracy was “finished”.
“They don’t seek to lecture anybody, they don’t want to dictate what political system is right; every country has its own culture, they should have the systems they want,” he added.
“America is returning to a policy of great powers; their behaviour is no longer governed by international regulations, they see the world as one with players, powers, influences and an ability to project power, a power to be used,” Orbán said.
Talking about domestic politics, Orbán noted that next year’s election is about trust, too, and argued that the opposition has suffered a complete loss of trust, adding that the opposition had brought “secrecy and stealth” to the political season and warned that those “who walk in twilight and darkness have bad intentions”.
“We have always done what we said and said what we have done,” Orban said, highlighting the government’s steps to “send home” the IMF, create one million jobs, keep Hungary free of migrants, stay out of the war, protect children, support families, cut taxes and reintroduce the annual pensioners bonus.
He said the trust earned in this way was the reason the governing alliance had won serial elections.
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