Donald Trump met with Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban in Washington on Friday as the US president seeks to persuade European nations to stop buying Russian oil and gas.
Orban received a warm welcome at the White House, where he said one of the issues up for discussion will be to explain the consequences of moving away from Russian energy.
The two spoke about the war in Ukraine, which the US administration is seeking to end by putting pressure on Putin through sanctions on its energy industry.
Orban said Trump was the only country serious about ending the war, other than Hungary, and said: “Other governments prefer to continue the war because many of them think that Ukraine can win on the frontline, which is a misunderstanding of the situation.”
The US President asked Orban to clarify whether he believes Ukraine “cannot win that war”.
“You know, miracles can happen,” Orban replied, to which Trump laughed: “Yeah, that’s right.”
Overnight, Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with 450 drones and 45 missiles as President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his calls for sanctions.
