The American ambassador is apparently having a hard time with the fact that the Democrats lost and Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. And according to Pressman, Orbán is to blame for everything...

American Ambassador David Pressman gave a speech about the 2024 American elections, which Mandiner . The diplomat, who had continuously attacked Hungary during his term of office, did not lie to himself this time either: "Hungary's gambling problem", he continued to criticize the Hungarian government and Viktor Orbán.

American-Hungarian relations: According to Pressman, Orbán is to blame for everything

Pressman began by saying that he did not cancel the event awaiting results because he is quite familiar with situations considered "awkward". He also said that he believed that as a "senior national security official of the United States government" he was not playing politics.

I never comment on party political issues

Pressman claimed. According to the diplomat, the current American election will also bring changes in the relationship between the United States and Hungary.

According to Pressman

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán treated this election like a card party in a casino.

And the stakes were very high. Whether you think you won or lost this party, you didn't play with money, but with American-Hungarian relations," he said.

According to Pressman, the Hungarian Prime Minister "caused deeper damage to Hungarian-American relations than a four-year presidential term".

It became clear: there is a personal offense behind it

"Prime Minister Orbán has decided to take his alliance with the United States of America into a casino," he said. According to him, this decision was "reckless". And he added,

The government of Hungary has gambling problems.”

Pressman also proved his personal offense when he started talking about how "playing games is not new.

On my very first day in Hungary, when I got off the plane from the United States, the government sent an unusually young official to greet me

complained the ambassador.

Photo: MTI/Szilárd Koszticsák