After meeting at Mar-a-Lago
Orban: Trump won’t spend “a penny” on war in Ukraine
March 11, 2024, 8:51 p.m
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They are friends, shower each other with praise and outdo each other with populist propaganda: Hungary’s Prime Minister Orban and former US President Trump. Both meet at Trump’s private residence. Shortly afterwards, Orban speaks about what Trump allegedly said.
According to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, former US President Donald Trump said when the two met in Florida that he would not spend “a penny” on the Ukraine war. In an interview with the Hungarian TV channel M1, Orban said of Trump: “He has a very clear vision that is difficult not to agree with. He says this: First of all, he will not spend a penny on the war between Ukraine and Russia.”
Orban further told the interview: “That is why the war will end, because it is obvious that Ukraine cannot stand on its own two feet (…). If the Americans do not give money, the Europeans alone will not be able to to finance this war. And then the war is over.” Trump has “pretty detailed plans for how to end this war,” Orban added – but did not want to explain this in more detail when asked.
Trump’s team initially left an inquiry from the AFP news agency about Orban’s statements unanswered. Trump has not yet commented on the content of the talks with Orban.
Trump and Orban don’t like Biden
The Hungarian head of government met the designated US Republican presidential candidate on Friday at his private residence at Mar-a-Lago in the state of Florida. Both praised each other for their political achievements on the sidelines of the meeting.
The right-wing populists Trump and Orban have had friendly relations for years, while the Hungarian head of government’s relationship with Biden is characterized by tensions. Such tensions arose, among other things, because of Hungarian resistance to Sweden’s NATO accession, which Budapest only recently gave up – and generally because of Orban’s Russia-friendly stance in the midst of the Ukraine war.