This week, JD Vance turned up in Budapest for a two-day visit, the US vice-president telling reporters that his aim was to “help” Orbán win. The US president, Donald Trump, has also repeatedly endorsed Orbán

If I was Orban, the last thing I’d want is the endorsement of a universally-hated demented pedo with a genocidal penchant who’s wrecking my country’s economy along with the entire world’s, and his creepy sidekick with as much charisma as a genital wart.