What a few Kens.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Monday gifted Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a horse, throughout the Turkish chief’s journey to Budapest. Erdoğan had first lavished a Turkish-made electrical automobile on Orbán throughout the strongman love-in.
Orbán described the horse-for-car tradeoff as “The very best deal I’ve ever made. For one horse energy, I obtained 435,” as he greeted Erdoğan.
Within the Hollywood blockbuster “Barbie,” horses symbolize the epitome of masculinity — a minimum of in accordance with Ryan Gosling’s sometimes delusional character Ken, as he arrange his deranged Mojo Dojo Casa Home in Kendom. (Spoiler alert: Barbie obtained the final phrase.)
Orbán has been bucking the EU over Ukraine, and largely resisted European leaders’ efforts to rein him in on the European Council summit in Brussels final week.
Orbán and Erdoğan have been stablemates in slow-walking Sweden’s accession into NATO, which has prompted the army alliance’s prime boss to begin making use of the whip to the Turkish chief.
“We want to additional strengthen our ties in areas reminiscent of protection and power, the place we have already got fruitful cooperation,” Erdoğan mentioned at his assembly with Orbán.
The horse was unavailable for remark.