Orban: Ukraine War Will End if Trump Elected
Hungary's leader says the former U.S. president won't give a penny more to Kyiv's losing effort.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Sunday that former U.S. President Donald Trump will cut off funding for Ukraine’s losing war effort against Russia, which would bring a resolution to the conflict.
“He will not give a penny into the Ukraine-Russia war and therefore the war will end,” he told state television late on Sunday, according to i24News. "As it is obvious that Ukraine on its own cannot stand on its feet."
He continued, “If the Americans do not give money and weapons, and also the Europeans, then this war will be over. And if the Americans do not give money the Europeans are unable to finance this war on their own, and then the war will end.”
Trump, who is a major supporter of Israel, is not so loyal to NATO and has, at various times during his presidency confronted members of the alliance for mooching off of Washington for its security.
Trump told a crowd last month that Washington may not defend a NATO member that was delinquent on its bills.
“You didn’t pay? You’re delinquent? No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage [Russia] to do whatever the hell they want. You gotta pay. You gotta pay your bills.”
Orban said in an interview last year that Ukraine has no chance of defeating Russia and the war has been the result of failed diplomacy.
“Looking at the reality, looking at the figures, looking at the surroundings, looking at the fact that NATO is not ready to send troops, it's obvious that there is no victory for poor Ukrainians on the battlefield,” he told Bloomberg.
Orban said he never agreed with the U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia, but “we don’t dispute anyone’s right, including that of the United States, to impose sanctions if they see fit.”
Orban is written off in the Western propaganda media as a Putin puppet because he seeks peace, called for an immediate ceasefire and said “peace negotiations should start as soon as possible.”
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He correctly stated that NATO’s objective is to protect member states. There is nothing in the charter that calls for military actions on the territory of other countries, he said.
“Peace will reign in the morning if the Americans want it. And why the Americans don’t want it, that’s the question the whole world is thinking about,” Orban said in July. “Ukraine has actually lost its sovereignty—it has no money, no military industry, no military production capacity of its own. Ukraine gets money mainly from the USA, military resources also from the Americans and the West.”
Orban posted on X: “President Donald Trump was a president of peace. He commanded respect in the world, and created the conditions for peace. During his presidency there was peace in the Middle East and peace in Ukraine. We need him back more than ever!”