Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his support for the re-election of Donald Trump, who is currently the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for the US presidency.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed his support for Donald Trump, the candidate for a second term at the head of the United States, at the start of the Republican primaries. The Brit said in his weekly editorial for the Chron this Saturday, January 20, that a return of the former president to the White House “could be what the world needs.”
In particular, he argues that if Donald Trump were elected and he decided to support Ukraine, which is still at war with Russia, his leadership skills “could be a major victory on a global scale.”
“What the world needs now is an American leader whose willingness to use force and whose sheer unpredictability will be a major deterrent to the enemies of the West,” he said.
However, the former American president (2017-2021) has repeatedly highlighted his relationship with Vladimir Putin while raising doubts about whether US financial and military support for Ukraine will continue if he succeeds Joe Biden, an ardent supporter Kiev, should appear in the White House.
“Every chance that the West becomes stronger”
“I just can’t believe that Donald Trump is abandoning Ukrainians,” said Boris Johnson, British Prime Minister from 2019 to 2022.
“On the contrary, having understood, as is certainly the case with him, that there will be no agreement with Putin, I think there is a good chance that he will redouble his efforts and finish what he started – by giving them something.” “They have to win,” he wants to believe.
“If this is the case, there is every chance that the West will become stronger and the world more stable under Trump,” assures Boris Johnson, admitting that the former head of state “was caught saying a few words.” thoughtless things” in the past.
Trump was invited by Zelensky
Last July, Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News that if he were in power, he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. “I will tell Zelensky: 'Enough is enough, we have to find an agreement with Putin,'” Donald Trump assured.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Donald Trump, the current favorite for the Republican Party's nomination, to visit Kiev on Friday.
“If you can stop the war for 24 hours, I think that would be enough to come to Kiev every day I am there,” the Ukrainian leader quipped.
American aid to Ukraine is declining
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged on Tuesday to continue American support for Ukraine after meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Davos Economic Forum and during negotiations in the US Congress on validating an aid package.
The Ukrainian president thanked the Biden administration and the “bipartisan support” in the US Congress. “We’re really counting on your support — your continued tremendous support,” he said.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has already sent around $44 billion in military aid to Ukraine, along with several billion in aid and economic support.