I am not surprised that Orban would push such a thing. But I am surprised that they would go as far as to amend the constitution for this, with seemingly a very comfortable majority. Is this really a reflection of Hungarian society nowadays? Have so many jumped on the conservative moral panic bandwagon over LGBTQ?

Having spent much of my life around nerds, I do believe he may be dumbfounded by the reactions to his new role in MAGA. Nerds tend to be very good at some things by virtue of hyper-focusing on them, while simultaneously being oblivious to many others. Add to that the fact that his circles and social media feeds must be filled with MAGA ideology and fans for whom he can do no wrong and what you get is someone who’s probably feeling like he’s doing good.