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Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has come out as the first EU leader to support US presidential candidate Donald Trump, citing his proposals on security and immigration. "I'm not part of Donald Trump's campaign. I'd never have thought it would occur to me that [Trump] would be the best choice for Europe and for Hungary", Orban said in a speech at a university fair in Baile Tusnad, in Romania, on July 23.

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