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If President [Donald] Trump is not able to find a solution, that war could become easily an Afghanistan for the European Union,
Orbán said, comparing the situation in Ukraine to the 20-year US military operation in Afghanistan Endless war, endless conflict, no way out of the conflict, eating up energy, human lives, money, everything,
Orbán said, continuing with his comparison The difficulty is … how to convince the Russians to stop the war while the Russians are basically winning,
I’m not a pro-Putin man, I’m a pro-Hungarian guy,
My heart is with the Ukrainians, ... but they are in big, big, big trouble.”
You do not automatically get a seat at the negotiating table — you get a seat because you stood up for yourself, you fought your way and you are needed. It’s not clear why Europe should be given a seat at such a table,
If I were to comment on it in one word, I would say ‘Hallelujah.’ That’s what we’ve been waiting for,
Orbán said in his regular Friday morning interview with state broadcaster Kossuth Radio, commenting on Trump’s stunning move to try conclude the war in Ukraine If the American president makes peace, if an agreement is made, I think Russia will be reintegrated into the world economy, reintegrated into the European security system, and even European energy,
said Orban, who is close to Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin I personally became convinced in 2010, 2011 that the European Union was done for,
The United States has initiated a change that puts the whole Western world's system of arguments, value system, and way of thinking on a new track,
The position of Brussels — to support killing as long as it takes — is morally and politically unacceptable.”
He then condemned the EU’s stance, arguing We are ready to enhance our support for Ukraine … We share the goal to keep supporting Ukraine until a just, comprehensive and lasting peace is reached,
This declaration is a sad testament of bad Brusselian leadership,
Orbán said in a post on X referring to a statement published Wednesday by the so-called Weimar+ grouping — the EU, France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and the U.K. — in support of Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin gear up for negotiations on the country’s future
