‘Money Trains Have Not Stopped’: Donald Trump Jr Warns His Father May Abandon Ukraine Over Stalled Peace | World News
Donald Trump Jr., who does not hold an official position in the administration of US President Donald Trump, made a harsh warning about the Russia-Ukraine conflict in his speech at the Doha Forum and suggested that Donald Trump may leave Ukraine if Kiev does not pursue peace with Moscow.
Trump Jr attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of prolonging the war to stay in power. He argued that Zelenskyy had little chance of winning another election and claimed that the conflict continued even though wealthy elites had left the country.
According to Trump Jr, “The corrupt elite all moved to Monaco and left the country’s ‘peasants’ to fight in the war.”
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Insisting that Zelenskyy’s standing in Western circles was exaggerated, he said: “Because of the war and because he was one of the greatest marketers of all time, Zelenskyy became a borderline god, especially on the left, he could do no wrong; he was beyond reproach.”
When asked if Donald Trump would withdraw his support from Ukraine, Trump Jr. said, “I think he could,” highlighting what he saw as unpredictable in his father’s approach.
“The good thing and the unique thing about my dad is that you don’t know what he’s going to do,” he said. “The fact that it is not predictable… forces everyone to work in an intellectually honest capacity.”
He also described a visit to Monaco: “This summer I was in Monaco with my beautiful girlfriend, we were driving around the city and on a typical day 50% of the supercars – Bugatti, Ferrari, that’s all – had Ukrainian license plates. Do we really think that all this was earned honestly in Ukraine?”
Trump Jr argued that there was little motivation to stop the conflict because, in his words, “the money trains haven’t stopped” and that public opinion in the US was against continued aid.
“Americans have no appetite for writing blank checks for Ukraine or the EU,” he said, adding that the Russia-Ukraine conflict is no longer a major concern for many Republicans, despite the official stance of the party.
