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U.S. President Donald Trump is committed to the success of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban because his leadership and rapport with Trump are crucial to U.S. interests, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday (February 16), offering a robust endorsement of the nationalist leader as he faces a tough election in April. - REUTERS
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00:00President Trump is deeply committed to your success because your success is our success.
00:04Because this relationship we have here in Central Europe through you is so essential and vital for our national interests
00:10in the years to come.
00:12That, you know, if you face financial struggles, if you face things that are impediments to growth,
00:18if you face things that threaten the stability of your country, I know that President Trump will be very interested.
00:24The president has an extraordinarily close relationship to the prime minister.
00:27He does. And it has had tangible benefits in our relationship.
00:31I'm not going to speculate about the future.
00:32You know, what happens in this country is up to the voters of this country to determine and decide.
00:37And we love the people of Hungary.
00:38But I'm not, but there's no reason to sugarcoat it.
00:41I'm going to be very blunt with you.
00:42The prime minister and the president have a very, very close personal relationship and working relationship.
00:48And I think it has been incredibly beneficial to the relationship between our two countries.
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