U.S. President Donald Trump has been a boost for a number of leaders across the world, but few in Europe relish their alliance with him and his entourage as much as Milorad Dodik.
Ostracized by the European Union and sanctioned by the U.S., 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 U.S. sanctions dropped in October and was among the only Balkan leaders to attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.
Now Dodik plans to monetize the relationship by luring billions of dollars of investment to a corner of Europe where a three-decade-old peace accord remains fragile and to a country he calls a ¡°failed state¡± with no future.
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