Miskeljin: Trump is expected to have a more pragmatic approach and a willingness to listen to both sides

It is unlikely that any event on the planet could influence the stance of the United States on the issue of Kosovo, Marko Miskeljin, a researcher at the Center for Social Stability, says for Kosovo Online and adds that a more pragmatic approach and a willingness to listen to both sides are expected from Donald Trump, as a potential President of the United States.

Speaking about a hypothetical mandate of Kamala Harris as President of the United States, Miskeljin highlights that there are many unknowns.

"Her foreign policy could pose a significant problem, primarily due to her personal lack of knowledge in foreign policy in general. This was evident in some rare situations when she was tasked with handling it, such as at the Munich Security Conference, where three days before the start of the war in Ukraine, she openly said, 'We want you in NATO,' which was hardly the administration's agreed-upon stance to express it that way," Miskeljin reminds.

He adds that it could also be problematic if the Democratic policy and selection of individuals in the administration continue, "where the focus is primarily on ethnic origin or other factors that fulfill diversity and inclusion, which is a policy strongly advocated by the Democrats."

According to him, if we look a little further into the past, neither the Democratic Party nor the Democratic establishment have much trust, nor do the Serbian people have a very high opinion of them.

"On the other hand, Donald Trump is someone who is not a typical politician, not a typical member of the elite in the United States. He was not involved in what happened to us in the 1990s. However, during his presidency, he primarily focused on the economy and in terms of the Washington Agreement, as well as in general attitudes toward Serbia and the Pristina administration," he points out.

He also recalls that Trump appointed Richard Grenell as an envoy, which he evaluates as the first move for America to return to the negotiations in this manner.

"So, besides the emotional reasons why Serbs support Trump, there is also a rational reason, which is what we felt before and what we can already hear from the announcements by some Republicans expected to be part of Trump's administration, which is a more pragmatic approach and primarily a willingness to listen to both sides, which has not always been the case during moments when the Democratic administration ruled in America," Miskeljin says.

However, he notes that "except for some major global escalation," it is unlikely that any other event on the planet could directly influence the US stance on the issue of Kosovo.

"What can influence the stance of a particular administration is the behavior of the Pristina administration. It should not be forgotten that Richard Grenell brought down Kurti's first government precisely because it clashed with US views. In such cases, we can expect harsher stances and harsher reactions, especially if the Pristina side continues to do what it has been doing throughout this period of the Democratic administration in America, which are constant provocations and constant attempts to drag Serbia into a conflict, not with them but with NATO. This is something Donald Trump would not tolerate, as he didn't tolerate it in other parts of the world during his first term," our interlocutor believes.

Nonetheless, he reiterates that the US very rarely and with great difficulty changes its foreign policy, "and even less often admits mistakes in its foreign policy, regardless of who is in power at that moment."