Orban tells EU leaders: Re-elected Trump would act as Russia-Ukraine peace broker
www.straitstimes.com
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is ready to act \"immediately\" as a peace broker in the Russia-Ukraine war if he is elected in November, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said in a letter to EU leaders. Read more at straitstimes.com.

He claims Trump would act immediately upon winning the election, before taking office. Which sounds legally dubious, but not that that’s ever stopped Trump…

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    105·
    5 months ago

    Ahh right, because the guy who was literally impeached for trying to get Zelensky to fabricate a story about his political opponent and who is beholden to Ukraine’s enemy would be an honest peace broker.

    • anlumo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      245·
      5 months ago

      I’m not seeing any reference to Trump being honest in the article.

      It’s fairly trivial for the US president to end the conflict. Stop supplying weapons to Ukraine and send them to Russia instead, and it’d be over in a week. This is something I fully believe Trump could do.

      • manucode@infosec.pubEnglish
        171·
        5 months ago

        I’m not sure if you could call Russian occupation ‘peace’ in Ukraine

        • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
          181·
          5 months ago

          This is exactly what these people mean when they say “peace”

      • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        5 months ago

        That would not bring peace though. Russia would just start with the next country/countries.

        • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Most likely, as a condition of the “peace”. Russia would promise not to invade anywhere for a few years to make Trump look good…

          • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            5 months ago

            So when did russia not break any promise they gave? They already promised to not invade Ukraine!

            It’s just bs.

  • ccunning@lemmy.worldEnglish
    791·
    5 months ago

    Ok, but the world isn’t looking for the kind of peace Trump would broker.

    What the world wants is for Russia to get the fuck out of Ukraine.

  • HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    5 months ago

    My downstairs neighbour is super right wing, told me he is as far right as you can go, full on conservative voter in the UK.

    The other day he told me Trump is the only one that is going to be able to save the world and under his rule, the Russia Ukraine war would have never happened.

    Told him Trump is in bed with Russia and would have just allowed them to take over, he said no and Trump siding with Russia would benefit the entire world’s economy.

    Straight face said this to me, man has brain-rot.

    • Audacious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      81·
      5 months ago

      I would have asked how does a country start a war invading itself, not really expecting anything intelligent response, but let’s him know real fast I think he’s insane, hopefully. Then actually treat him like a snot-noise kid, brushing him off.

    • Prior_Industry@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      What’s russian bringing to the world economy other than cheap oil? That you can source from multiple other less dickish countries.

  • Foni@lemm.eeEnglish
    19·
    5 months ago

    I would pay to be able to see the faces of the EU leaders while telling them such nonsense.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    …and now that all Ukrainians are safe here in Gaza, how about a round of applause for our earless leader Ronald Ray Rump!..oh donald like the duck?..

      • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        5 months ago

        I’m aware of that, still shouldn’t have been allowed, they shouldn’t even be in the EU to begin with.

        • einkorn@feddit.orgEnglish
          8·
          5 months ago

          Before Orban and his cronies took over, Hungary was on an upwards trajectory in terms of rule of law, personal liberties. In fact Orban himself started politics with a pretty progressive programm. Guess he got bought out along the way though and like the cash a little bit too much.