Trump won't let Russia destroy Ukraine because he values U.S. taxpayers' money, according to Duda.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda stated this during a press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

He acknowledged that he cannot accurately predict what Trump's policy towards Ukraine will be, as it has not been officially disclosed yet. According to him, there are currently only "rumors in the media."

At the same time, Duda claims to know the newly elected U.S. president well, who, in his opinion, is a "natural fighter" and "doesn't like to lose." Furthermore, Trump supposedly respects American taxpayers, whose contributions fill the U.S. budget.

“If we take this into account […], then I have a very clear conclusion: I cannot imagine that President Donald Trump would allow Russia to destroy Ukraine. Ukraine, in which American taxpayers—of whose money Donald Trump will be responsible when he returns to office—have invested so much”, said the Polish president.

He also added that he is confident about this because it is "a matter of America being involved [in the war in Ukraine] and America not losing."

Trump and the War in Ukraine

During his election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that he would "end the war" if re-elected, without revealing exactly how he would do it. At one point, he stated that he could stop the war within 24 hours, particularly due to his good relationships with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Reuters reported that Trump's advisers presented a plan whereby he would provide additional military aid to Ukraine if re-elected, only if Kyiv agrees to negotiations with Moscow. Additionally, the U.S. presidential candidate stated that he would stop financial aid to Ukraine.

During the debates with Joe Biden on June 28, he called Putin's demands for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from occupied territories and Ukraine's refusal to join NATO "unacceptable." James DeVance, whom Trump selected as his vice-presidential candidate, expressed a contrary opinion, suggesting a freeze on hostilities at the current front line and Ukraine's refusal to join NATO.

After Trump's election, the Wall Street Journal reported another plan proposed by Trump's advisers. It stipulates that Kyiv promises not to join NATO for at least 20 years, and in exchange, the U.S. will continue to send weapons to Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are supposedly required to agree to a demilitarized zone of over 1200 km.

However, order in this territory would not be maintained by American troops or those international organizations funded by the U.S., such as the UN. It was reported that this could involve troops from EU countries and the UK.