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Former President Donald Trump quoted not one but two despot world leaders—Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban—during a speech that ratcheted up his rhetoric against American immigrants and political rivals.
In September, Putin took aim at the United States over the dozens of charges leveled against Trump, telling a forum the allegations represented a “rottenness” inside the U.S. that may benefit Russia.
“It shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others about democracy,” Putin said at the time, a quote repeated by Trump on Saturday at a rally.