Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán believes U.S. President Donald Trump will reintegrate Russia into the Western economy and energy sector if the Ukraine war ends.

In an interview with Hungarian public radio, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that Hungary has long promoted values that Donald Trump currently supports. Orbán emphasized that Hungary, the Vatican,

On the issue of Europe being left out of talks on Ukraine, Orbán — who on Thursday mocked EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas’s stance on Ukraine as “worthless” — said that international politics is “tough, interest-based, often ruthless.”