It began on a mild day in April, five days before the election. JD Vance stood onstage in a blue suit, American flag on his lapel, and asked a gathered audience in Budapest whether they would “stand against the bureaucrats in Brussels,” “stand for western civilization,” and “stand for freedom, truth and the God of our fathers.” He put his arm around Viktor Orban, the man who had already been in power for over 16 years in Hungary, and then encouraged everyone to go to the polls and vote for him. Go to the polls they did — and voted...