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Good luck, but the Republicans are in trouble for themselves...

2026-09-01 12:52:11Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA YLLI MANJANI
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It has been announced that Sali Berisha will travel to the United States these days to participate in a Republican political event in Texas.

I do not intend to enter into the debate on whether or not his "non grata" status was lifted, whether or not he received a visa, or whether that visa was granted for health or political reasons. It seems to me to be a debate without any value. As worthless and meaningless as the declaration of "non grata" of a politician who at that time no longer held any state or political function, as meaningless as the diplomatic punishment of a superpower against the main opposition party of a small country, which is fighting for political survival.

I have never agreed with this approach. Neither Berisha, nor the Democratic Party, nor, in general, any Albanian politician has ever been recognized as an enemy of American politics. On the contrary, our problem has always been the opposite because we have had politics and politicians who are too vassals to America. We do not have politicians who threaten it in thought either. Therefore, American interventions in Albanian politics, through “non grata”, have always seemed to me unjust and completely disproportionate.

But I'm leaving this argument aside. I've mentioned it other times and I don't want to repeat myself.

What catches my attention today is something else.

The Chairman of the Democratic Party is going to participate in an activity of American Republicans, precisely at a moment when, according to most polls in the US, the Republican Party there is facing a serious electoral decline and a difficult political climate. In short, Berisha is traveling from the electoral pit of his Democratic Party to the electoral pit of his American allies, who granted him a visa.

Now, whether it's about sharing experiences about losses, or about a political tussle between losers, I don't know what to say. But it seems that 82-year-old Berisha is already trying to do something of this nature.

However, one thing is certain: this visit does not raise any political expectations for Albania. It does not bring any new developments in relations with the US, it does not change anything in the Albanian opposition, and it does not generate any real public interest.

Perhaps the only curiosity that arises is purely practical: will the US border police recognize the visa issued by its consulate in Tirana? That's it. The rest is more social media spectacle than politics.

For me, it would have been much more interesting to have Berisha get his visa and tell America: "I'm not coming. After everything you did to me and the political opposition of a vassal country, I will never step foot on your soil again."

This would be an act of political weight, even symbolic. But this scenario does not seem to have ever crossed his mind.

So, until proven otherwise, this visit seems to me more like a losing battle than a political victory. Like a tourist visit, with medical-political justification, through each other's electoral holes.

Good luck. But, to tell the truth, the Republicans seem to be in trouble today.


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