Viktor Orban and Kim Jong-un: What Trump said about leaders shunned by the West

Former United States President Donald Trump delivered the longest-ever acceptance speech in the history of the Republican National Convention (RNC), lasting nearly an hour and a half.

During his address, Trump made favorable remarks about leaders who have recently been shunned by the West. North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, isolated from much of the international community, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, criticised within the EU for his sympathetic stance toward Russian President Vladimir Putin, both received significant attention in Trump’s RNC speech.

‘He misses me’: Trump says about Kim Jong-un

Trump suggested that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un “misses” him, criticising the current White House’s foreign policy. “I get along with him, he’d like to see me back too. I think he misses me, if you want to know,” Trump said, referring to the in-person meetings he held with the reclusive ruler during his presidency.

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“It’s nice to get along with someone that has a lot of nuclear weapons,” he added.

Shoutout to Viktor Orban

Additionally, Trump gave an off-script shout-out to Viktor Orban, describing the Hungarian prime minister as a “tough leader.” Orban, who has been a vocal supporter of Trump, recently took over the rotating presidency of the European Union. The two leaders last met in March, where they discussed international peace efforts. “We discussed ways to make peace,” Orban said in a social media post with a picture of their meeting. “The good news of the day: he’s going to solve it!”

Orban has faced sharp reprimands from senior EU diplomats, especially from Poland, a staunch ally of Ukraine, during discussions of his so-called “peace missions.” Despite this, Trump praised Orban’s leadership, stressing their continued rapport.

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Foreign policy takeaways

In foreign affairs, Trump portrayed his tenure as a period of peace, contrasting it with the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine that have erupted since his departure from office.

In a particularly grim segment of his speech, he accused Latin American countries of sending violent criminals to the US and promised a severe crackdown at the US-Mexico border.

“It began to unravel with the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the worst humiliation in the history of our country,” he said. “We have never had a humiliation like that.”

With inputs from agencies