– Americans want peace, but Europeans are to defeat Russia on the front in Ukraine – said Orban, emphasizing that In his opinion, the weakness of the American president is to blame for the “transatlantic split”.
The recording with his statement was published on Tuesday on platform X by a journalist of the Vsquare portal, Szabolcsa Panyi.
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Orban about Trump's approach to Ukraine. “This is how our situation is drawn”
– I don't see a problem with the Russians or Ukrainians, because things look like they looked like before. The problem is that the US president is not strong enough to drag European leaders to his side – said Orban, commenting on the West's attitude towards Russian aggression.
The Hungarian Prime Minister expressed the fear that if there is no peace, Americans can withdraw their commitment, leaving Europe alone. – The president (Trump) was unable to change their opinion – and this is how our situation is drawn now He summed up.
Orban's distance from the West in the matter of Ukraine
From the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Viktor Orban has distanced itself from a common west line. Open military help for Kiev met his criticism – according to the Prime Minister of Hungary, support for Ukraine only extends the war. Budapest also consistently opposed the acceleration of the process of accession to Ukraine to the European Union and accused Brussels of submission to Kiev's political demands.
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Orban, who remained one of the closest allies of Donald Trump in Europe, has long been presenting a narrative of EU Eastern policy different from most EU leaders. His latest words deepen the division between Budapest and the main current of European policy in the response to Russian aggression.
