How Trump destabilised Montenegro with a few words

Donald Trump said: ‘Montenegro is a tiny country with very strong people ... They’re very aggressive people.’ Photograph: Jussi Nukari/Rex/ShutterstockOn Thursday, after 48 hours of remaining tight-lipped, the Montenegrin government hit back, defending its role as “a stabilising state” and saying it was proud of belonging to the 29-member military alliance. “Today as a new Nato member and candidat

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7/19 Podgorica’s support for EU sanctions against Russia, despite close commercial, political and cultural ties, had been cause for sharp rebuke with Russia’s ambassador to Serbia, Aleksandar Čepurin, likening Montenegro’s attempts to join Nato to “a monkey chasing a banana”.