Washington is fed up with Ivanishvili's trading games - Mikheil Saakashvili

Along with the further straining of US relations with Russia, a very important thing happened. For the first time since Trump came to power, the US embassy directly criticized the Kotsevs for introducing a "hate speech department", - writes the third President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, on social networks.

„Until now, the Americans have raised all the hot issues in backstage conversations, but they have not spoken out publicly about anything, and the fact that they have spoken out means that Washington has had enough of Ivanishvili’s trading games, and Ivanishvili fundamentally does not understand the Americans’ point that at the Munich conference, Jade Vance made it absolutely clear that it is unacceptable for Trump, regardless of which country the matter concerns, to restrict freedom of speech and lock up opposition leaders. Ivanishvili gave this speech the same weight as any of Mdinaradze’s rants and failed to realize that it conflicts with Trump’s fundamental principles. And Trump’s overreach of America will cost Ivanishvili much more than the Biden government. Also, in the geopolitical arena, Washington supports all pro-Russian forces, especially in Russia’s neighborhood, so this is a very important turn.

In general, despite the skepticism of many people, I want to say that the Georgian people can always have hope in America. After all, the fact that Georgia exists on the map at all today is largely due to the Bush Republican administration, which stopped the Russians near Tbilisi in 2008 and forced them to retreat from most of Georgia's territories. The scoundrels want us to forget this decisive fact of our history, but they can't“.