Orban claims Trump would have ended Ukraine war swiftly
During an interview with Kossuth Radio, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared on Friday that the United States would have withdrawn from the war in Ukraine under Donald Trump's presidency. Orban referred to the war as a "hot potato" and added that Europe could not finance it on its own.
Orban assessed that the conflict in Ukraine has become a "hot potato," with military defeats occurring on the front lines. "The situation on the front is obvious, there's been a military defeat. The Americans are going to pull out of this war. (…) Europe cannot finance this war alone," stated the Hungarian Prime Minister.
According to the head of the Hungarian government, the two years since the outbreak of a full-scale war in Ukraine have caused enormous damage to both the European Union and Hungary. "If Donald Trump had won in 2020 in the United States, these two nightmarish years wouldn't have happened. There wouldn't have been a war," Orban assessed.
Orban's government has long openly supported Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential elections, and Trump himself has repeatedly praised the Hungarian Prime Minister in his public appearances. On Wednesday, Orban announced that he had a telephone conversation with the former U.S. president and has "big plans for the future" with him.
Zelensky accepted Orban's invitation
After Hungary assumed the six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union at the beginning of July, Orban began a so-called peace mission. As part of this, he went to Moscow for a meeting with Vladimir Putin, which was met with sharp criticism from EU partners. The Hungarian Prime Minister also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July.
The Ukrainian leader also participated in the European Political Community summit held in Budapest. The main topics of the summit included issues related to security in Europe, focusing on Russian aggression in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East. There were also discussions on migration issues, the economy, trade, and energy. The agenda also included the topic of U.S. elections and Donald Trump's victory.
