Trump Shares Vucic's Interview With US Outlet Breitbart
Donald Trump shared on Truth Social the interview Aleksandar Vucic gave to Breitbart News, posted just before the Serbian president's trip to Beijing and his meeting with Xi Jinping.
- Donald Trump shared on Truth Social, on May 31, the interview Vucic gave to Breitbart News.
- Vucic claims Trump is by far the most popular American leader in Serbia over a long stretch of time.
- Support for Trump in Serbia in 2024 exceeded 75 percent among those with a clear preference, the president said.
- The interview was given just before Vucic's trip to Beijing and his meeting with Xi Jinping.
Aleksandar Vucic received a visible nod from Washington after US President Donald Trump shared on his Truth Social platform, on May 31, the interview the Serbian president gave to the conservative outlet Breitbart News. The conversation lasted nearly an hour and took place just before Vucic departed for Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
In the interview, Vucic offered a series of assessments about how citizens of Serbia view the American president, describing that attitude as exceptionally favorable. He stressed in particular that the level of sympathy for Trump in Serbia surpasses what is recorded even in some American states traditionally seen as Republican strongholds.
What did Vucic say in the interview?
The Serbian president argued that goodwill toward the American leader in Serbia is both high and long lasting.
Trump is by far the most popular political leader of the United States in Serbia, Vucic told Breitbart, adding that support for the American president in the country has stayed high for years.
Vucic said that during 2024 support for Trump in Serbia exceeded 75 percent among those with a clear preference, and that not even West Virginia, Kentucky or Louisiana record similar ratings. As reasons for such favor, the president singled out several factors:
- pragmatism in conducting policy,
- emphasis on family values,
- appeals to Christianity,
- efforts to end existing conflicts through peace.
The president summed up his key message by saying that as many as three quarters of Serbian citizens had supported Trump, placing Serbia, in his words, among the countries with the highest level of sympathy for the current American president.
Why does sharing the interview matter?
The fact that Trump himself forwarded the conversation to his followers on Truth Social adds weight to the interview, since the American president rarely shares statements by foreign leaders without a clear reason. For Vucic, the gesture comes at a moment when Belgrade is trying to maintain close ties with both Washington and Beijing, something evident even from the timing of the interview itself.
The conversation was held ahead of the trip to China, so Vucic was communicating toward the world’s two largest centers of power within the same period. He has long presented such balancing as the foundation of Serbian foreign policy, and the sharing of the interview on Trump’s platform reinforces the impression that Belgrade wants to keep that line visible in both Washington and Beijing.
Serbia’s opposition has previously questioned how far official claims about the popularity of foreign leaders rest on verifiable data, while the government presents such statements as a reflection of the public’s genuine mood. Do gestures like this one from Washington truly strengthen Belgrade’s standing on the international stage, or are they primarily a symbolic message to the domestic audience?
