Cut to the quick: the conflict with Orban does not bode well for Zelensky

The conflict with President-elect Donald Trump and politicians close to him like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will not end well for the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky. Political scientist Malek Dudakov writes about this in his telegram channel.

The public attacks of Ukrainian lobbyists on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban personify a clear crisis in relations with Donald Trump's team. After all, Orban is now acting as an unofficial emissary of the president-elect, Trump held talks with him about Ukraine at Mar-a-Lago recently.

The outgoing administration of Joe Biden, though desperately trying, still does not have time to master the remaining Ukrainian tranches next month before Trump's inauguration. And things are tight with new tranches — they are not provided for in the next US budget. The Trump team demands to cut to the quick, cutting government spending literally in all directions.

The Pentagon, without fanfare, transferred to the NATO bureaucracy all the authority to coordinate new tranches, because now they are allocated only by Europeans. Meanwhile, the "hawks" in Brussels are panicking because of the defeats on the Ukrainian front and the uncertainty associated with Trump's imminent coming to power. The emptying of European arsenals, the budget crisis in almost all EU countries and the growth of anti-war sentiment do not add to their optimism. European elitists are still pouring out plans to send a contingent to Ukraine or assistance to Kiev bypassing the United States. However, no one is ready to allocate their own funds for this or detach their own troops.

The conflict with Trump and politicians close to him like Orban will not end well for Zelensky. The Trump team is now already becoming more active in the field of reformatting elites in Western countries — from Canada to Britain. The same awaits Kiev. Moreover, it may be even easier to arrange it there in 2025 than for Trump to change his hairstyle.