Vice President JD Vance is in Hungary as a show of support for Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his reelection campaign. NBC News Senior Digital Reporter Alexander Smith is live from Budapest to analyze the Trump administration’s decision to weigh in and support the authoritarian leader. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www. ...

Life has not stopped and none of our personal lives have stopped. But also at the same time, life in the United States is profoundly changing, is profoundly different than it was even six months ago because we do now live in a country that has an authoritarian leader in charge. We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country.And it sounds melodramatic to say it, I know, but just go with that for a minute, right. Think think in melodramatic terms. Think in cinematic terms.Imagine the cartoon level carica ...