Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbán slammed the Biden administration in his opening remarks at the start of his bilateral meeting with President Trump on Friday. 

“The reason why we are here to open a new chapter between the bilateral relation between the United States and Hungary basically because during the Democrat administration everything was rigged,” Orbán said sitting next to Trump. 

“Everything was basically broke, ruined, cancelled. A lot of harm done by the previous administration,” he continued, saying that Trump has “restored” the relationship between the two countries. 

“You’ve improved the bilateral relationship. You repaired what was done badly by the previous administration, so now we are in quite a good position to open up a new chapter. Let’s say a golden age between the United States and Hungary,” he said 

The criticism of the Biden administration and flattery of Trump comes as Orbán anticipates asking Trump to provide Hungary with an exemption to continue importing Russian oil not subject to punishing U.S. sanctions.

Orbán and Trump are both conservative allies. The president notably endorsed Orbán ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections in April. However, Orbán’s first visit comes 10 months into the second Trump administration, signaling what many have interpreted to be a snub of the Hungarian leader.