Trump’s Family and Friends Help Revive a Former Balkan Pariah
In an interview, the former president of Republika Srpska says he’s counting on the US administration to change the “narrative” about Bosnian Serbs.
Milorad Dodik is building closer ties with people associated with Donald Trump.
Photographer: Oliver Bunic/BloombergDonald Trump has been a boost for a number of leaders across the world, but few in Europe relish their alliance with the American president and his entourage as much as Milorad Dodik.
Ostracized by the European Union and sanctioned by the US, the most enduring politician in Bosnia-Herzegovina backed Trump from the start. Over the years as president of the Serb half of the country, he built ties with Trump’s family and friends, got his US sanctions dropped in October and was among the only Balkan leaders to attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.