By JUSTIN SPIKE

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s right-wing leader says Donald Trump’s victory will help his own fight against immigration and multiculturalism and restore traditional family values.

In Argentina, a president who once bear hug Trump, at a political conference in Maryland, attacked his critics as rats and vermin, ranting against what he calls a corrupt elite and calling climate change “a socialist lie.”

Trump’s second term could realign American diplomacy away from traditional international alliances and more toward authoritarian and populist politicians, according to both those leaders and outside observers.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary

Two days before Tuesday’s election, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made a bold prediction.

“Donald Trump will be president again, and that means that by the end of the year, pro-peace political forces will be the majority in the West,” Orbán told state radio.

Orbán has been accused by the European Union of burying Hungary’s democracy by dominating the media and building a network of loyal oligarchs. He has worried foreign leaders by getting close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

What Orbán calls “illiberal democracy” has stigmatized civil society organizations and repressed LGBTQ+ rights. It favors maintaining power even if it means violating the interests of traditional Hungarian allies.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia

Trump has avoided publicly criticizing Putin and has consistently spoken warmly of him.

“There is clearly this kind of authoritarian-minded chemistry,” said Nigel Gould-Davies of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

That chemistry aligns with Trump’s admiration for other authoritarian leaders, some of whom were elected by systems that were once democratic, Gould-Davies said, noting Hungary under Orbán as an example.

Trump has claimed he will end Russia’s war in Ukraine “within 24 hours,” a claim welcomed by the Kremlin, which currently holds a battlefield advantage as well as about 20 percent of Ukrainian territory.

Moscow may be hoping Trump will sow dysfunction in NATO, given his demands that other members of the alliance meet agreed levels of military spending and his warnings that Russia could “do whatever the hell it wants” to those who fail.

Gould-Davies noted before the election that the Kremlin would welcome Trump’s victory because of his apparent desire to see the war in Ukraine end on terms favorable to Russia. Putin and other authoritarian leaders will be emboldened by Trump’s re-election, which will mean “much less emphasis in American foreign policy on the importance and value of human rights,” Gould-Davies said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of his country’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders. Under Modi, Hindu nationalism — once a fringe ideology in India — has become mainstream, and no one has done more to advance that cause than the 74-year-old leader.

Some critics believe that Modi’s politics have divided India, particularly along religious lines. He was accused of using hate speech against the country’s minority Muslim community, especially in the last phase of this year’s election campaign, when he intensified his rhetoric against them.

To his supporters, Modi is a political outsider who has broken the country’s history of dynastic politics. His rise was fueled in part by promises to overhaul India’s economy, but also by Hindu policies that resonated widely in a country where 80 percent of the population is Hindu.

To his critics, Modi has strained democracy and threatened India’s secular fabric, while his attacks on media and free speech have increased in more than a decade of rule.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey

Like Trump, Erdogan projects an image of strength that prioritizes national interests and relies on populist messages that portray him as a champion of the common people against the elites.

The Biden administration has kept Erdogan’s government at arm’s length, but Trump and Erdogan have cultivated a cordial relationship. That’s despite a series of differences between their countries, such as when the Trump administration pulled Turkey out of the F-35 fighter jet program in 2019 over Ankara’s purchase of a Russian-made missile defense system.

The President of Argentina Javier Mile

The president of Argentina has a crazy style like Trump, rebukes multilateral institutions like the United Nations and took a contemptuous approach to diplomacysnobbish meetings with leaders of traditional allies such as Brazil and Spain.

For many observers, the most worrying parallel GET INVOLVED Milea’s claims that last year’s presidential election in Argentina was rigged against him. That, along with his efforts to minimize atrocities of Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship from 1976-1983 raised concerns about its impact on democracy.

Miley congratulated Trump on his election victory on Wednesday, posting a picture on Instagram of the two men embracing in front of their nations’ flags.

“You know you can count on Argentina to get the job done,” the caption reads. “Now, make America great again.”