Viktor Orban Defends Western Civilization In Tucker Carlson Interview; Hits Back At Biden

"You see what’s happening from Belarus through Poland and Hungary and the rise of totalitarian regimes in the world", Joe Biden accused then-President Donald Trump during a town hall in 2020 presidential election campaign. "Our current president supports all the thugs in the world."

Responding in an interview aired Thursday on Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban told host Tucker Carlson that Biden has "limited knowledge" of his country, and therefore cannot understand the issues at hand when he makes such remarks.

"Somebody who does not speak our language has a very limited knowledge on Hungary, even in the recent several decades of our life, not understanding of obviously having an opinion like that," Orban said. "You know, it's by itself, it's a personal insult for all the Hungarians."

The prime minister said that that left-wing politicians like Biden cannot fathom a nationalistic or conservative alternative ideology.

"The Western liberals cannot accept that inside the Western civilization, there is a conservative national alternative which is more successful at everyday life, at the level of them -- the liberal ones," Orban said. "That's the reason why they criticize us. They are fighting for themselves, not against us. But we are an example that a country which is based on traditional values, on national identity, on the tradition of Christianity can be successful – sometimes more successful than a leftist-liberal government."

The popular prime minister spoke at length about the importance of a Christian-Democratic ideology in government, saying that even a countervailing left-wing government in the U.S. will benefit from Hungary's political position.

"It's better for the leftist liberal government in the United States to have a good partner, which is a Christian-Democratic one supported long-term by the people, the Hungarian people," he said.

Orban further argued that there is nothing hateful or xenophobic about a strong national defense and secure borders:

"[National sovereignty] is coming from God, and nature. All begins with us. This is our country. This is our population. This is our history, our language. We have to [secure our borders]. Of course, if you're in trouble and there's nobody closer to you than the Hungarians, you have to be helpful," he said.

"But you can't say, okay, it's a nice country. I would like to come and live here because it's a nicer life, it is not a human right to come here. No way. It's our land. It's a nation, a community, family, history, tradition, language."

WATCH the full Viktor Orban interview.