Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that former US President Donald Trump will not give any money to help Ukraine fight Russia if he comes to power and that will lead to an end of the war.
The premier who is backing Donald Trump to come to power met his long-time ally in Florida last week.
In a televised address on Sunday, reported by Reuters, the Hungarian premier said, “He will not give a penny into the Ukraine-Russia war and therefore the war will end. As it is obvious that Ukraine on its own cannot stand on its own feet.”
“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,” he added.
Orban, a long-term ally of Putin, has refused to send weapons to Kyiv and kept up close economic ties with Moscow since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022.
According to a statement released by Trump’s campaign, both the leaders discussed a wider range of issues affecting both the countries. However, there was no mention of Ukraine in the release.
Orban has served as Hungary’s prime minister since 2010. He has since used its two-thirds majority in the legislature to rewrite the nation’s constitution and has since brought about legislation that seeks to strengthen his position in power.
Orban is one of the many conservative populists who have publicly aligned themselves with US conservatives trying to oust Biden in November.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden criticised election rival Donald Trump for meeting Orban saying that the premier was “looking for dictatorship.”
“You know who [Orban] is meeting, down in Mar-a-Lago? Orban of Hungary, who has flatly stated he does not think democracy works and is looking for dictatorship.”
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