President Trump may walk away from Ukraine peace process, his eldest son says

Donald Trump's eldest son has said his father may walk away from the Ukraine peace process, claiming the issue is not a priority for Americans, and signalling Europe needs a better plan.

In a wide-ranging discussion with Sky's lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim at Doha Forum 2025, Donald Trump Jr addressed issues including the US administration's recent diplomatic efforts around the world.

He was speaking in his capacity as a business leader, setting out his agenda for "America first" investments in defence technology and artificial intelligence (AI), drawing a direct line between global stability and economic prosperity.

When asked directly if he believed the US president would walk away from Ukraine, he answered: "I think he may, what's good about my father and what's unique about my father is you don't know what he's going to do. He's unpredictable."

President Trump has led renewed efforts for a ceasefire deal with Russia in recent months.

Drawing a parallel with his father's current "war" on drug cartels, Donald Trump Jr described gangs bringing illegal drugs into America as a "far greater clear and present danger to the US than anything [going on] in the Ukraine or Russia".

While he said he did not believe Ukraine would be "abandoned", he said: "The American public doesn't have the appetite [for endless wars and further funding of Ukraine's military efforts]."

Describing Ukraine as "a far more corrupt country than Russia", he characterised Ukrainian President Zelenskyy as "one of the great marketeers of all time", who he said had become "a borderline deity, especially to the left".

He went on to describe President Trump's approach as "common sense".

'Bromance' back on

He also confirmed that Tesla billionaire Elon Musk was "100% back in the fold", after previously appearing to fall out with the president.

Earlier this year, Donald Trump Jr's investment company, 1789 Capital, heavily invested in some of Musk's companies, including SpaceX.

Directly comparing President Trump with Musk, he said: "Imagine dealing with one Donald Trump - now I have to deal with two.

"They're very similar that way, so it created some headaches… but the reality is they're both very much aligned, they're on message with what we want to do with our country. What we want to do with freedom of speech."

He went on: "Elon did incredible things for Twitter, really allowed the democratisation of truth and freedom and free speech to occur. That's something that is a true threat in America right now."

He also praised Musk as "changing the face of free speech, science and technology", adding, "we have to protect our geniuses".

When asked whether Mr Trump would stand for a third term, he joked that he could be "just trolling" those on the left.

He went on, "He's the most unpredictable person, probably in the history of politics. Which is why he's able to get something done. We'll see."

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