President Trump welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to the White House in what has been billed as a consequential meeting for the two conservative leaders nearly a year into Trump’s second administration.

Much of the visit centered around Orbán’s request that Trump provide Hungary with an exemption to continue importing Russian oil not subject to U.S. sanctions.

Trump also used the meeting to address domestic issues, including his administration’s message on affordability and his calls for Senate Republicans to abolish the filibuster.

Here are five takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Orbán.

Trump, Orbán exchange pleasantries

The public portion of the bilateral meeting doubled as a love-fest of sorts between Trump and Orbán, who have long been seen as political allies on the global stage.

Trump pointed to Orban and called him a “great leader” before he escorted him inside of the White House. Orbán, who had the most to gain from the meeting, repeatedly mentioned what he said was a “golden age” between the US and Hungary under the Trump administration.

“What we need is a golden age,” Orbán said sitting next to Trump. “To open a golden age of the United States-Hungary relationship.”

The Hungarian leader also took a number of jabs at former President Biden, a move that Trump likely appreciated.

Trump also appeared to defend Orbán from his European critics and those imposing costs on Budapest’s democratic rollbacks.

"He's a great leader and he's respected all over. Not necessarily liked by some of the leaders, but those leaders are proven to be wrong,” the president said. If you look at Europe, they've made tremendous mistakes on immigration. It's really hurting them very badly. He has not made a mistake on immigration. So he’s respected by everybody and liked........

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