Donald Trump has long viewed Ukraine as hopelessly corrupt—or at least that is the reason the U.S. president has reportedly given for his eagerness to get Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch investigations that could aide his reelection chances in 2020. But Trump’s attitude toward the country may have been reinforced by his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, according to the Washington Post.
Foreign Policy: Did Hungary’s Orban turn Trump against Ukraine?
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) listens while US President Donald Trump makes a statement for the press before a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House May 13, 2019, in Washington, DC.
