Biden sends friend of George Clooney, Brad Pitt to Budapest as ambassador!
David Pressman can start his work as the ambassador of the United States in Budapest after the Senate’s confirmation.
Biden’s choice
According to Magyar Nemzet, President Joe Biden nominated Mr Pressman to be the US ambassador in Budapest. The 45-year-old lawyer graduated from New York University School of Law. Currently, he is a partner at the Jenner & Block law firm in New York. There,
he works as an international human rights lawyer representing victims of terrorism, American hostages held overseas, dissidents and journalists targeted by authoritarian regimes, among others.
He served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs during the Obama administration. Before, he was a press lead for the Clinton Administration and an aide to United States Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright.
Wikipedia says that he advised several high-stakes individuals on foreign policy and related advocacy strategies. In 2008,
the Los Angeles Times referred to him as George Clooney’s “consigliere”.
A friend of Hollywood stars
With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and Jerry Weintraub, Pressman co-founded the Not On Our Watch Project, a leading advocacy and grant-making organisation focused on raising awareness of mass atrocities.
“Pressman served as the assistant secretary of Homeland Security responsible for policy development on global criminal justice issues at DHS. He also served as the Director for War Crimes and Atrocities on the National Security Council at the White House. He coordinated the government’s efforts to prevent and respond to mass atrocities, genocide, and war crimes. Pressman was a member of President Obama’s Atrocities Prevention Board,” Wikipedia writes.
Magyar Nemzet wrote that he was the lawyer of Alexander Vindman, a lieutenant colonel and former director of the Europe Department of Trump’s National Security Council. However, he was fired by Trump for confronting him. Later, Vindman’s testimony regarding Ukraine was used during Trump’s unsuccessful impeachment.
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He is an advocate of many human rights issues, including the equality of sexual minorities. For example, he led a workshop in the US foreign office fighting for the acceptance of the LGBTQ community.
The position has been vacant for 1.5 years
Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade was not surprised by the announcement since Washington has asked for a diplomatic agreement before. He can start his work after the Senate’s confirmation.
The United States maintained only a “caretaker presence” in Hungary in the last 1.5 years.
The latest ambassador, Trump’s David Cornstein, departed in September 2020. Since Pressman will take office only a couple of months later, this period of almost two years will be the longest post-1990 period when the USA did not have an ambassador in Budapest.
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Source: Magyar Nemzet, Wikipedia
Surely he is going to do better than his predecessor. Not that it is that difficult anyway…
Let’s hope that prominent Fidesz members are not caught climbing down the drainpipe of the ambassadorial residence while naked in the middle of the night leaving behind a bag full of ecstacy after a gay orgy. The Hungarian government has form on that one! In Brussels.
Must Hungary accept Pressman? Think back to Obama’s time and the ambassador appointed at that time. The person did nothing but criticize the country. This man stands against all conservative ideas. probably starts criticizing the government over border protection and the Child Protection Law. Hungary does not need another headache. This man probably hates the country and the people. Keep this man at arms length or just Reject Pressman.
I wryly note that the DNH changed the headline and dropped the LGBTQ+ part of it. Got your wrists smacked then? About time!
We try to shorten our titles, that’s why LGBTQ disappeared from the title, nothing else. Matt Damon’s name also disappeared from the title because of that reason. The text of the article did not change because what we wrote is supported by, for example, this source: https://www.ebar.com/news/news//283536. Quote: “Power explained that she and her team, headed up by David Pressman, a gay man who was the American ambassador to the U.N. for special political affairs, were highly aware of the fact that there would be a backlash. Pressman built a team of U.N. experts, many of whom were LGBT, to gain international legal protections and materials created at the U.N. that activists on the ground could use in their fight for equality in their countries.”
It is standard practice throughout the world, as a courtesy, that one country asks another for the acceptance of the new Ambassador or the most senior diplomatic staff. These are the diplomatic norms. So why is this ‘John Woods’ trying to imply that this is something special or untoward by writing ‘not surprised by the announcement since Washington has asked for a diplomatic agreement before”? Bad journalism by a proven bad journalist.
I wrote what Magyar Nemzet had written. The Hungarian foreign ministry knew about Mr Pressman’s appointment before, thanks to the diplomatic agrément Washington sent before. That’s all. That is not something special or untoward and I did not write like one.
You forgot the second G in LGBTBS-
G for groomers
ask him about the 3 FBI raids with bartering rams and complete confiscation cation of all files. These are same people who bitch sbout Hungary controls the media. It seems the Biden’s daughters diary was involved – seems she was freaked out about showering with pops as a young girl – now it required for preschoolers in the US and you-can be charged for voicing your disapproval.
Don’t beleive me – check out the FBI parents watch list.