Europe won’t be able to finance Ukraine’s defenses against Russia’s invasion on its own if the US withdraws support under Donald Trump’s next presidency, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday.

Orban said recent events vindicated the conclusions from his controversial July diplomatic mission to Kyiv, Moscow and Beijing and showed Ukraine was losing the war.

“The Americans are going to get out of this war,” Orban, who is hosting a European Union summit in Budapest on Friday, said on public radio. “Europe can’t finance this war on its own.”

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  • @9point6
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    634 hours ago

    Once again, Orban says exactly what Putin wants him to say

    At some point it becomes malicious to even print what he says

    • @dariusj18
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      -143 hours ago

      There is an unfortunate reality that there is a tipping point. At some point, Europe will need to cede Ukraine and stock up for itself to defend the next Russian incursion.

      • @[email protected]
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        102 hours ago

        Yeah the best way to discourage a revanchist is to give him what he wants. Succeeding in Ukraine will definitely convince Putin not to attack the baltics, poland, or finland.

      • @9point6
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        153 hours ago

        I disagree, Europe needs to never cede Ukraine at any cost—anything else is rewarding the warmonger

        • Bobr
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          I disagree, Europe needs to never cede Ukraine at any cost—anything else is rewarding the warmonger

          Yeah, why would Europe do that? After all its Ukrainians who will continue dying after being kidnapped off the streets and forbidden to leave the country.
          Enjoy your life, and don’t think of hundreds of thousands dead people (not like you ever did that of course)…