Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has forecasted that U. S. President Donald Trump’s administration will endeavor to reintegrate Russia into the global economy and Western energy systems once the current war in Ukraine concludes. Speaking on state radio, Orbán indicated that Trump has already started to alter the West’s strategy towards Russia, and his attempts to negotiate peace would ultimately reinstate Moscow in the European security context.
“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,” Orbán said. “This will give the Hungarian economy a huge boost. It’s a big opportunity. We gain a lot in peace.”
Orbán, who has strong connections with both Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, commended the recent phone conversation between Trump and Putin, signifying a transformation in U. S. foreign policy, concluding a three-year initiative to isolate Putin. While this action raised alarms in Ukraine and various European capitals, Orbán lauded Trump’s peace initiative, describing it as a “Trump tornado,” alluding to the rapidity of the changes occurring.
On Friday, he predicted the EU would “fall apart” if energy prices across the bloc were not brought down.
“I personally became convinced in 2010, 2011 that the European Union was done for,” he said. “If the Germans and the French do not figure something out and put the European Union on a new trajectory, then its days are numbered. There is no need to leave it, it will fall apart by itself if it goes on like this.
