“Exporting American culture has always been one of our nation’s greatest soft power assets. But instead of using this to advance Western values and American interests, the Biden administration is promoting a awakening ideology. The consequences for foreign policy could be disastrous”— Starts an opinion article John Ratcliffe Cliff Sims in the columns of the Wall Street Journal. In their article, the two publishers drew attention to the fact that “To promote diversity and inclusion,” the US State Department funds, for example, “theatrical withdrawals” in Ecuador through cultural grants. The purpose of the grants, according to official documents, is “to support the implementation of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives, advance national interests, and enhance security Nationalist.” However, the Wall Street Journal highlights:
It is not entirely clear how Drag Queen’s performance enhances the national security of the United States or advances our interests – let alone why American taxpayers pay for it.
Citing Hungary as an example, the authors remind us that another infamous example of US foreign affairs is that the US Embassy in Budapest is “Who Said?” She posted a quiz on a Twitter microblog in which Hungarians were asked to guess whether different statements were made by Russian President Vladimir Putin or a Hungarian politician. One quote began, “‘The frank barbarian ideology is gaining ground,’ ”originating from American universities and denying all the value created by humanity.” This so-called vile statement, to which many Americans agree, was made by the Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary—an intellectual crime, According to the US Embassy, it makes him a global pariah,” they wrote. The duo added:
These are elementary school actions rather than expectations of American power.
They argue that if the United States has problems with foreign leaders, it should deal with them through mature diplomacy. Alternatively, our diplomatic efforts under President Biden, a self-styled foreign policy expert, could be summed up as ‘The one I don’t like is Putin,’ they wrote. They added that Hungary militarily strengthened NATO’s eastern flank after Russia invaded Ukraine and received crowds from Ukrainian refugees this year.It was also emphasized that
Rather than encouraging Hungary to further advance these efforts, the Biden administration is mocking its leaders for their legitimate aversion to the ideology of awakened American universities.
Zoltan Kozkovic, a geopolitical analyst for the Center for Fundamental Rights, told Magyar Namazt that it is an unfortunate fact that the Biden administration’s foreign policy communications are based in large part on the violent suppression of “awakened” radical progressive ideology.
It is also a fact – whether the new US ambassador likes it or not – that this ideology has already begun its pernicious journey from American universities
– said the Koskovians, adding: In the spirit of traditional American values, it is also worth reminding the current US ambassador that supporting a worldview cannot be obligatory for anyone. The geopolitical analyst stressed that “the free acceptance or rejection of ideologies is the basis of human freedom.”
The Coscophones also touched on the fact that the US-Hungarian economic and military relations, meanwhile, are still excellent. “Unfortunately, this does not apply to the system of political relations during administrations led by Democrats, but mainly Democrats themselves can do this; so did US Ambassador David Pressman, who recently met with Hungarian advocates of open society to discuss the state of local civil society.” He added: Mr. Pressman knows exactly what these political actors think, because for them the direction – and the funding – comes from those American left-wing circles, to which Mr. Ambassador himself belongs.
Cover photo: David Pressman (Photo: MTI / Koszticsák Szilárd)
