Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says the only way to prevent another world war festering from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is to bring back former President Donald Trump.
Orbán made the comments while speaking to journalist Tucker Carlson, who posted the wide-ranging interview Tuesday on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
“So, if you were in charge of NATO — if you were, say, Joe Biden — what would your next move be in the war in Ukraine?” Carlson asked. “What would you do?”
“Peace. Immediately,” Orbán replied. “Call back Trump. That’s the only way out.”
“Because, you know, you can criticize him for many reasons — I understand all the discussion — but, you know, the best foreign policy of the recent several decades belonged to him.”
The conservative leader pointed out that Trump was the only American president in recent years to not engage in a foreign war.
Moreover, he noted, Trump wisely remained on speaking terms with foreign adversaries, such as North Korea and Russia, and this pragmatic approach deterred aggression.
“He did not initiate any new war,” Orbán said. “He treated nicely the North Koreans and Russia — even the Chinese, you know. He delivered a policy which was the best one for [the] Middle East, the Abraham Accords. So that was a very good foreign policy.”