US Ambassador to Hungary says Orbán gambled with US-Hungary relations

David Pressman, the US Ambassador to Hungary, responded to the outcome of the US presidential election during a press conference on Wednesday.

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00:00Two candidates with very different views competed for support.

00:06The U.S. ambassador to Hungary said that the Hungarian government gambled with U.S.-Hungary relations

00:12as he responded to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.

00:18David Pressman said that the damage caused runs deeper than the four-year term of a president.

00:26Prime Minister Orban treated this election like a card game at a casino,

00:32and he placed a very big bet.

00:36Whether he believes that he won or lost this hand,

00:41he was gambling not with money but with the U.S.-Hungary relationship,

00:47a relationship that has been altered by his gamesmanship.

00:52Pressman spoke as Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate

00:56which has been openly backed by the Hungarian government, won the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

01:04He concluded his speech by saying that democracy survives when people and their leaders value and defend it,

01:10and the same applies to the alliance between the U.S. and Hungary.