After US President Joe Biden stated that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wants to develop a dictatorship, the US ambassador to Hungary has been called on the carpet.
– We do not have to put up with such lies from anyone, even if the person in question is the president of the United States, said Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.
Now diplomacy has taken a new negative turn after the US ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman, condemns Hungary’s statements and labels them as “dangerous” and “anti-American.”
– We can neither understand nor accept that the prime minister identifies the US as a top opponent of our ally Hungary, says Pressman, according to Politico.
– Isolates increasingly from friends and allies
SA’s ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman. Photo: Bernadett Szabo / Reuters
It was during a speech at the Central European University in Budapest, on the 25th anniversary of Hungary’s accession to NATO, that the US ambassador took a political stand with his ally.
– Prime Minister Viktor Orbán increasingly isolates himself from friends and allies by saying and doing things that undermine trust and friendship, or the claim that the US government is trying to overthrow the Hungarian government, thundered David Pressman, writes The New York Times.
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– We cannot ignore it
He went to great lengths to brand the statements of Hungary’s foreign minister as lies.
– We cannot ignore it when the speaker of Hungary’s National Assembly claims that Putin’s war in Ukraine is actually led by the United States, emphasized the United States’ top diplomat in Hungary.
Hungary is referred to by several commentators as a “Trojan horse” and mole in the EU and NATO. At the same time that Hungary is represented in the innermost bodies of the two alliances, Victor Orbán tends to associate with his close friend Vladimir Putin.
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– Expecting things that we will not deliver and cannot deliver
Hungary has also put its foot down and voted no to the EU supporting Ukraine with weapons. This has put the trust between the EU, NATO and Hungary to the test. Hungary’s coaching of Sweden’s membership in Nato has also set minds ablaze.
Video: Viktor Orban warns that Western military aid to Ukraine makes World War III more likely
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– The American administration expects things from Hungary that we will not deliver and cannot deliver, Orbán said in a video speech on X.
It is not only the USA that has spoken out critical of and been concerned about how Hungary handles democracy and corruption, two of the most important pillars of the EU and NATO.
– That would be bad
When Viktor Orbán recently visited Donald Trump in the US, Orbán referred to Trump as “a man of peace”.
– He will not give a penny to the Ukrainian-Russian war. This is why the war will end, because it is obvious that Ukraine cannot stand on its own two feet, Orbán said, according to The Guardian.
When asked what would happen if Biden won the election, Orbán joked: – It would be bad.
2024-03-15 16:01:14
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