Georgia’s Great Imitation: How Ivanishvili Is Deceiving Trump’s World to Cement His Authoritarian Rule

In recent months, the ruling Georgian Dream party has adopted a strikingly familiar rhetorical strategy: invoking the language of Trumpism. From denouncing the “deep state” and globalist elites to railing against foreign-funded NGOs and a bloated government, Georgian Dream officials have echoed the very terms that have become staples of the America First political movement. […]