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Authoritarianism
The comedian called the president an "overt fascist" and said a second Trump term would turn the US into a "democracy in name only."
The president has also repeatedly spread misinformation seeking to delegitimize mail-in voting.
Autocratic leaders have obscured coronavirus data, cracked down on doctors and reporters, and used the health crisis to further erode democracies worldwide.
How a new generation of authoritarians explains the US president's coronavirus response.
Orbán has attacked the judiciary, taken over the free press and led anti-Semitic assaults, including against a major university, but Trump praised him lavishly.