THIS is disturbing: “Since becoming ambassador in June 2018, Mr. [David B.] Cornstein has assiduously courted Mr. Orban, giving the Hungarian leader unexpected influence in the Trump administration.."
Watch this story in Impeachment.. #WednesdayWisdom nytimes.com/2019/10/22/wor…
Watch this story in Impeachment.. #WednesdayWisdom nytimes.com/2019/10/22/wor…
2-"Mr. Cornstein used his decades-long friendship with President Trump to help broker a coveted Oval Office meeting for Mr. Orban last May — a meeting now under scrutiny by impeachment investigators in Washington.
“At the time, some White House officials tried to stop the meeting
“At the time, some White House officials tried to stop the meeting
3-" citing Mr. Orban’s anti-democratic record in Hungary and his growing closeness to Russia. The meeting went ahead, and Mr. Orban is said to have used it to fuel the president’s suspicions about Ukraine. “As yet, Mr. Cornstein’s role in that meeting does not appear to be part
4-"of the impeachment inquiry. But his freewheeling diplomacy & courtship of Mr. Orban have alarmed career civil servants & contributed to broader criticism, even among Republicans, that some members of the president’s foreign policy team are dangerously unprepared for the job.”
