As if the upcoming White House summit btw Kosovo and Serbia's presidents was not bizarre enough, Pres. Thaci of Kosovo has just been indicted on major war crimes charges. Hard to see how he can credibly show up in D.C. at this hour. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/24/kosovo-president-hashim-thaci-indicted-on-war-crimes-charges

Will the Trump administration risk deal-making w/ a leader who is being accused of major human rights infractions by an international court? This was always one of the major risks involved w/ Grenell & others becoming so involved in domestic Kosovo politics. And now here it is.

In Serbia you basically have a one-party state in place, while in Kosovo there is a complete breakdown of the political system. The current PM & govt have very little credibility, largely thx to Thaci & Grenell's meddling. And now Thaci has been indicted. Grenell is up a creek.

The prospect of a major Kosovo-Serbia deal was one of the few foreign policy tricks Trump had left in his pocket ahead of Nov. Grenell was thus given a wide leash to deliver on the project. The odds were always extremely low -- now they're underground, IMO. Utter boondoggle.