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The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported that US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle allegedly claimed during a private dinner in March 2026 that the United States played a role in the downfall of the Bolojan government.
During a discussion in March with the Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou, Miss Guilfoyle reportedly pointed to the recent collapse of the government led by Ilie Bolojan in Romania and said, "We can do this to any country we want. We can do it here too," prompting the Greek minister to counter that the U.S. cannot replace a democratically elected government.
Miss Guilfoyle denies the claim.
Ilie Bolojan is said to have refused requests from an American-Greek consortium Aktor Group to purchase U.S. gas at rates above market prices.
The Wall Street Journal mentioned the heavy involvement of businessman and registered lobbyist Christos Marafatsos, who frequently shadowed Guilfoyle at official diplomatic meetings across the Balkans, lobbying for the Aktor Group, which recently expanded into the natural gas sector and stood to profit from these regional U.S. LNG distribution agreements.
She recently joked that she is looking for a husband but Mr Marafatos is married.
Whether Miss Guilfoyle is on what the lawyers call a frolic of her own or acting for her government Europe has fallen into a well laid trap by replacing Russian energy by more expensive US LNG.
It looks terrible for the soi dixant sovereignists (as Farage's support for bad actors does).
In Albania in the late 1990s the Americans created a pyramid scheme which caused economic misery for years to get rid of President Sali Berisha, who was given his job originally because of US bribery.
He offended the Americans by becoming too close to Turkey.
My source for this is impeccable but I promised not to reveal it.
It is unacceptable for a diplomat to say such things. I do not care whether or not she is a career diplomat; the position the woman in question holds is a diplomatic one. I can only say that she is ill-mannered and lacks diplomatic training in every respect.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, at the highest level of EU diplomacy, we find the same sluggish diplomatic incompetence—namely, Kaja Kallas. Upon hearing such outrageous statements, she fails to adopt any diplomatic stance on behalf of the EU.
Trump excellence in diplomacy. Miss Guilfoyle is Dumb Donald Junior’s discarded ex-girlfriend, sent to a foreign country to get her out of the way. Apparently it didn’t work to keep her quiet.
ReplyDeleteAmerica might well have brought Bolojan down, but the question is who put him there—because I don't believe it was the Romanians.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, the highest level of European diplomacy reflects a gradual erosion of institutional agility, a trend visible under Kaja Kallas's leadership. When confronted with these statements, the response fails to project a cohesive diplomatic position on behalf of the Union. This deficit extends directly to Bucharest, where the Romanian foreign ministry appears hindered by a lack of strategic clarity and cohesive messaging.
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