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President Aleksandar Vučić: Europe vilifies Trump, but we in Serbia see a friend

To the American people and to Donald Trump, my message is simple: While others may scoff at your vision, Serbia understands it

By President Aleksandar Vučić Fox News

Published May 22, 2026 5:00am EDT

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From Brussels to Berlin, a worrying strain of disdain has taken hold. Much of the European establishment views the "America First" philosophy with a mixture of confusion and hostility. The emerging talk of "strategic autonomy" on the continent is a polite way of distancing Europe from a Washington that demands results rather than rhetoric.

Serbia, which has long nursed deep-rooted suspicions about the United States, has travelled in the opposite direction. It is the one corner of Europe where affinity for the United States has grown in recent years. This is extraordinary because Serbia has not been, by instinct or history, a pro-American country. The harrowing memory of the 1999 US-led NATO bombings remains a source of agony for millions of Serbians. It was a time of immense suffering, destruction and national trauma. Given this painful past, it is not easy for people to open their hearts to the United States or its leaders.

Today, however, you will seldom find instances of the reflexive anti-Americanism now infecting much of Europe. In fact, in my repeated travels across my country, I have noticed something that is vanishingly rare across our continent: an unapologetic enthusiasm for the leadership of Donald Trump.

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My own view of Trump was forged during his first term. The willingness of Trump and his closest aides to hear Serbia’s position seriously and without........

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