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"They will receive Rama like Maduro"/ Bushati: Rama deflated the DP's rhetoric, this is a victory for him! Lela: Trump did not receive him like Osman
2026-02-19 23:49:49 / POLITIKË
The show "The Unexposed" discussed the inaugural meeting of the Peace Board in Washington, where Albania was represented by Edi Rama, who met with President Trump.
Analyst Andi Bushati said that Rama did not win any victory in relation to Trump, as he was not received with any praise from Trump, like Vjosa Osmani, but he won locally, as the opposition had raised the rhetoric that Trump had revoked Rama's visa, which according to Bushati did not happen.
Meanwhile, the head of communications at the DP, Alfred Lela, stated that Rama was not received by Trump in the same way as Vjosa Osmani and the other leaders, whom he praised.
Excerpts from the studio conversation:
Andi Bushati: I don't think Rama took Trump, I agree with Lela's part, that Rama seemed in a bind and it seemed like Trump was being played there, but Rama won not in relation to his closeness to Trump, but in relation to the narrative that the opposition has been building for a year. They said he can't step foot in America because they ask him about McGonigal, no, he didn't accept Trump in Davos, no, they will take Rama as Maduro, so Berisha comes out every Monday, he has Rama dressed as Maduro, and the message is they took this too. In this sense, being there, Rama, all these fables, that a solution will come to Albania with a deus ex machina, fell on him. For a man who faces this rhetoric, when he lets it out, it's a victory. This is Rama's victory. But it's not a real rapprochement with Trump. Just compare, look at how Trump spoke about Vjosa Osman and see how indifferent, sterile, he was with Rama. To receive Trump's support is to speak as he spoke about President Osmani. But, to sum it up, Rama has not won internationally, but he has won locally.
Andi Bushati : The problem we are discussing here, I respond to some of the criticism and accusations you make against Rama, but the problem is that when you add to these another thing, that Rama's visa was revoked by Trump... La Civita came and you campaigned, that we will not allow the Soros scumbag to run a country, our ally. Now, when an Albanian hears this campaign promise, that the Trumpists will eradicate the Sorosists and see the Sorosists alongside Trump, this creates a distrust.
Alfred Lela : You saw the introduction to Trump's speech, the only character who mentioned his name was Rama. There were compliments, praise, jokes about him. The only one who only said his name was this one.
Andi Bushati : Let's take this that Trump, for what Rama has said, who runs cartels and all, doesn't like. A man that I love politically, but apparently Trump doesn't like, Albin Kurti, could have been there, they chose to take Vjosa Osmani. If they wanted Albania and had Rama with a cross, they would take Bajram Begaj.
Alfred Lela : Doesn't it occur to you that there was a lobbying effort to delete Eid?
Andi Bushati : It could definitely have been done with lobbying, but it also included lobbying, showing that Trump and Trump's people have not revoked Rama's visa. So it's something that was done with lobbying. This narrative has fallen apart. For me, Kurti should have been there. No. They say we want Kosovo from this lady. In Albania, they haven't used this standard. We don't have Rama's visa revoked by Trump. This seems more realistic to me.
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