Orban and Salvini talk the talk and walk the walk on lots of conservative initiatives, but with their openness to China, Russia (or Turkey and Iran in Hungary’s case) —> they are not necessarily Trump’s or America’s best partners. So far, Poland has proven to be our best ally.
Hungary is still a developing country compared to many nations in Europe. They need investment. Orban realises he can’t rely on the EU and has gone to China for help. I would rather see Hungary make closes ties with America but I understand what he is doing in trying to help his nation grow.
A mistake to have close relations with Red China, a mistake the US had been doubling down on for about forty years until Trump came along.
Why not seek closer relations with the nation from whom Red China has stolen most of "its" high-tech development, and from whom it continues to steal.
To the Chinese, industrial espionage and patent and copyright violations are cutting edge research.