The fact that Donald Trump had yet another meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán this week was not at all surprising. The Republican has spent an outrageous amount of time publicly celebrating the foreign leader, having private conversations with the Hungarian, and even welcoming Orbán to Mar-a-Lago. The more the prime minister’s authoritarian takeover of his country generated international outrage, the more Trump extended over-the-top support to the prime minister.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with President-elect Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk and Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Michael Waltz, at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, the European leader announced on social media platform X.

There was no obvious reason for the conspiratorial billionaire to join that conversation, but in the post-election season, it’s been surprisingly common.
John Bolton, “You know, it’s almost like Musk has become vice president.”