In Serbia, a Strongman Under Fire Hails Himself as Defender of the Nation
Briefly

He is courted by American and European diplomats, applauded by a media machine dedicated to vilifying his critics and still has four years left in a presidential term secured last year with a landslide re-election victory.But President Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia's strongman leader for more than a decade, never looked so lost as when he appeared this week in an official video on the vast rooftop terrace of his presidential offices to share a bowl of cherries with two lieutenants and gripe about street protesters calling them rude names, including abnormal lunatics, murderers and criminals.
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