BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Europe might want to rethink its help of Ukraine if Donald Trump is elected president of america, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Sunday, because the continent “will not be able to bear the burdens of the war alone”.
Orban opposes navy help to Ukraine and has made clear he thinks Trump shares his views and would negotiate a peace settlement for Ukraine.
He backs former president Trump, the Republic candidate, to beat Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s U.S. election.
“We (in Europe) need to realize that if there will be a pro-peace president in America, which I not only believe in but I also read the numbers that way, … if what we expect happens and America becomes pro-peace, then Europe cannot remain pro-war,” Orban stated.
Ukraine will likely be excessive on the agenda when European leaders meet in Budapest within the coming week, he stated, referring to a European Political Group assembly and a extra casual assembly of EU leaders as a result of happen.
“Europe cannot bear the burden of [the war] alone, and if Americans switch to peace, then we also need to adapt, and this is what we will discuss in Budapest,” Orban stated.
Europe is jittery about how the end result of the U.S. election will have an effect on the warfare in Ukraine and the continent’s safety.
Orban has angered Brussels along with his shut ties to Russia and opposition to assist for Ukraine.
Hungary’s international minister Peter Szijjarto stated in July that the Hungarian authorities sees Trump as a “chance for peace” in Ukraine.
In July Orban stated his group was helping Trump’s aides with insurance policies on households and migration. On Thursday, he known as Trump to want him good luck forward of Tuesday’s election.
