Johnson believes Trump won’t “ditch Ukrainians” if he wins election
Pravda Ukraine
Boris Johnson, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, does not believe that, in the event of his return to the office of the President of the United States, Donald Trump will abandon support for Ukraine.
Source: European Pravda, citing Johnson in a column for the Daily Mail
Details: “I simply cannot believe that Trump will ditch the Ukrainians; on the contrary, having worked out, as he surely has, that there is no deal to be done with Putin, I reckon there is a good chance that he will double down and finish what he started — by giving them what they need to win,” Johnson says.
He pointed out that unlike his predecessor in the White House, Barack Obama, the frontrunner from the Republican Party for the presidential nomination in 2024, has provided Ukraine with Javelin anti-tank missile systems.
“So, whatever they now say about President Trump, I cannot believe that he will want to go down in history as the president who abandoned a country that he has already signally helped to keep free,” Johnson says.
The former prime minister says that there is every chance that under Trump, the West will become stronger and the world will become more stable. At the same time, he is convinced that if Trump returns to the White House, he will demand that Europeans pay more for their own defence.
“To all his Ukraine-sceptic supporters in the Republican Party, I say: how can you possibly make America great again if you allow a Russian tyrant to inflict a total humiliation on the West?” Johnson says.
Background:
- On 19 January, Volodymyr Zelenskyy turned to former US President Donald Trump, who has the greatest chance of becoming the Republican candidate in the next presidential election, and once again invited him to Ukraine.
- The former US President previously stated on multiple occasions that he has a “plan” to ensure peace in Ukraine within 24 hours if he returns to the highest office. After winning the primaries in Iowa earlier this week, Trump reiterated that in the event of winning the election, he would “very quickly” end the war.
- In November, Volodymyr Zelenskyy had already suggested to Trump that he visit Ukraine. However, Trump declined, citing “conflict of interests” with the current administration of Joe Biden.
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