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US ambassador hits out at Hungary’s ‘unhinged anti-American messaging’
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The US ambassador to Hungary has said Washington will act in response to Budapest’s “dangerously unhinged anti-American messaging” and “expanding relationship with Russia”.
In a landmark speech in Budapest on Thursday, David Pressman took direct aim at the controversial foreign policy of Hungary’s longtime prime minister, Viktor Orbán, while also accusing the Hungarian government of rampant corruption and undermining independent institutions.
The trip prompted Joe Biden to declare in a campaign event that Orbán wanted to build a “dictatorship” – a comment that infuriated Budapest and led the country’s foreign ministry to summon Pressman on Tuesday.
“Hungary advocates for electoral candidates around the world from Poland to Brazil, all while decrying foreign interference here at home,” the ambassador emphasised.
Pressman, who insisted the US wants good ties with Hungary and that he will keep reaching out to the government, said Budapest’s behaviour was putting its relationship with the US at risk.
Independent judges who voice opinions unfavourable to the government, or meet with the American ambassador, are labelled politicians funded and directed from abroad.”
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