former president Trump highlighted his foreign policy experience during the recent presidential debate he mentioned the strong relationships he had built with leaders from various countries including Hungarian prime minister Victor Orban Trump quoted Orban as saying that countries like China and Russia were afraid of him and that Orban considered Trump to be the most respected and feared person Trump also responded to vice president Harris's accusations of admiring dictators and wanting to be a dictator by pointing out that Russian President Putin had endorsed Harris and expressed hope that she would win Trump claimed that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would not have occurred during his presidency because he had a good relationship with Putin furthermore Trump criticized Biden for his handling of the XL Pipeline issue which he believed gave Russia an advantage he compared his foreign policy approach to that of the Biden Administration emphasizing his more interventionist stance and use of force as a deterrent against Iran Trump and orbon had a positive relationship during Trump's presidency with Orban even skipping a NATO Summit to meet with Trump in Florida Orban praised Trump for being a man of peace and express confidence in his ability to solve conflicts Orban who also served as the president of the European Union joked about making Europe great again and warned other leaders that the next American president might not be as effective he compared those who believed Biden could win the election to people playing violins on the Titanic as it sank during a a visit to the US orbon met with Trump instead of Biden to discuss potential foreign policy collaborations he also participated in a panel with the Heritage foundation's leader a conservative think tank