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Politico (8 May 2026)

Nektarıa Stamouli and Eliza Gkritsi

While the U.S. president's relations with other European countries sour, he is hailing Greece as "terrific".

Nobody should be surprised that the U.S. ambassador to Athens is urging President Donald Trump to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence in the birthplace of democracy — with a speech on the Acropolis this summer.

While much of Europe is turning its back on Trump, Greece is conspicuously doubling down on the relationship with MAGA. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is playing up the role of “Greek thinkers” in inspiring America’s founding fathers, and is promising the U.S. president a warm welcome and a “good time” if he visits around the 1776 commemorative festivities.

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