A top a cobblestone hill overlooking the Danube River and the medieval lanes of Budapest,

tour groups surround a changing of the guard ceremony in front of a 13th century Baroque castle.

Across the square, construction crews rebuild a centuries-old palace complex.

That's where a politician Akos Hadhajee guides a tour of his own.

We are at the Buda Castle, and if you're looking for a symbolic place for corruption, power,

and the waste of public money, this is a beautiful venue for that, says Hodhjji, as a Chinese tour group marches by.

Hodhoshi is an independent member of Hungary's parliament.

He routinely gives tours,

showcasing the corruption of Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban's government.

The offices for the Prime Minister and his ministers used to be down there

next to the Parliament building, he says, pointing

to Budapest's other big pointy-towered tourist attraction. But Orban decided he wanted to move here

into a castle. Even Matios Rakosi, Hungary's most brutal communist dictator, refused to move his office

here. But Orban wants to play king, says Hanaji, so the National Gallery may soon

be forced to move out of the castle to make way for him. All this construction, Hanhoshi says,

represents Orban's gifts to cronies in the form of lucrative contracts while ensuring Orban can

survey his kingdom from above the capital. Consider this. Victor Orban is in his fourth consecutive term as Prime Minister of Hungary.

In that time, he has dismantled democratic checks and balances, taking control of the country's media,

civil society, and universities, and consolidated power in him and his Fidesz party.

His step-by-step dismantling of Hungary's democracy

is a point of fascination for political scientists around the world,

including those advising the Trump administration.

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