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Orbán will meet again with Trump at his Florida residence, after meeting Putin
The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, will meet this Thursday with former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) in his private club in Mar-a-Lago, in Florida, after the NATO summit in Washington and just a week after the first met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US media report.
The meeting in Mar-a-Lago, the third they will hold, has not been officially confirmed, but specialized media such as Politico cite unidentified sources that confirm the possible meeting between the two leaders.
Trump has been a strong supporter of Orbán, and the meeting comes after others that the Hungarian leader has held this month, including one with Putin who took many by surprise.
Different NATO countries today expressed their dissagreement about Orbán’s recent trips to Moscow and Beijing, coinciding with the beginning of his country’s presidency in the Council of the European Union, trips in which he has tried to negotiate peace in the war in Ukraine.
During the allied summit that concludes in Washington, Orbán has been seen on different occasions isolated from the informal conversations between the leaders, or also during his participation in the gala dinner offered on Wednesday night at the White House by US President Joe Biden.
At the meeting last March in Mar-a-Lago, both leaders analyzed the mechanisms to restore peace in Europe and end the war in Ukraine, a military conflict that, according to Orbán in the past, would not have erupted if Trump had followed in the White House.
A few days after assuming the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU on July 1, Orbán, the member of the community club closest to the Kremlin Government, has visited Kiev, Moscow, Beijing and Washington in what he has described as a “peace mission” for the war in Ukraine.
Orbán and Trump have maintained a good relationship for years and the first time they met was in August 2022, at a Republican golf club in the state of New Jersey.
The Hungarian Prime Minister was the only head of government of the European Union who supported Trump in the 2016 and 2020 elections, as well as during the trials initiated against the now Republican presidential candidate last year.
The Republican pre-candidate for the presidential elections is an admirer of Orbán, whom he describes as “the toughest politician in Europe.”
In turn, the Hungarian Prime Minister criticizes that the trials against Trump apply a “communist method” while he considers the Republican candidate as the only person who can save the West and humanity in general.
On March 1, Orbán said in a forum in Turkey that Trump’s eventual return to power, after the presidential elections next November, is a necessary condition to end the war in Ukraine.
And he pointed out that former President Trump could also have avoided an escalation in the Gaza war, because “without the United States it is impossible to make peace in the Middle East.”
EFE has tried to confirm the alleged meeting with Orbán’s entourage, but has not obtained a response.
International
Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka
Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.
The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.
An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.
The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.
Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.
Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.
Internacionales
Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages
May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.
In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.
Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.
International
Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.
During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.
“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.
“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”
Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.
On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.
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