Serbian historian calls President Vučić an "ordinary buffoon" compared to Milošević

Historian Milan St. Protić has delivered a scathing critique of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, contrasting him unfavorably with the late Slobodan Milošević. While acknowledging Milošević's destructive legacy, St. Protić argued that the former president at least projected an image of authority, a quality he finds entirely absent in Vučić.

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Slobodan Milošević was a great scoundrel, but he acted like a ruler. He was negative, harmful, destructive, but if not a statesman, then a ruler. This one doesn't even act like that - this is the most ordinary buffoon, who has no sense of what the president of a country should allow himself, or where he should stop.

"Slobodan Milošević was a great scoundrel, but he acted like a ruler. He was negative, harmful, destructive, but if not a statesman, then a ruler. This one doesn't even act like that - this is the most ordinary buffoon, who has no sense of what the president of a country should allow himself, or where he should stop," St. Protić stated in an interview.

St. Protić particularly condemned Vučić's recent speech at a commemoration for the 31st anniversary of "Operation Storm," the Croatian Serb exodus. He described the speech as "Seselj-like empty rhetoric, which poisons and incites the suffering people." According to the historian, Vučić's words lacked substance, vision, foundation, and sincerity, serving only to manipulate public emotions. He characterized Vučić's public behavior, including his interactions with ordinary citizens, as "primitive, vulgar, and aggressive," designed to appeal to the lowest instincts of the populace.

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Seselj-like empty rhetoric, which poisons and incites the suffering people. There is nothing smart, fundamental, or visionary in it, nor is there anything sincere. That's the limit of his manipulation. These are cheap phrases that sound thunderous but carry absolutely no meaning.

The historian also drew parallels between Vučić's current behavior and past instances where the president boasted about his international connections and diplomatic encounters. St. Protić asserted that Vučić's actions reflect a "cheapness" and "insincerity" that is "repeatedly seen and experienced," calling it a "shame and disgrace" for Serbia. He concluded that Vučić is merely "a man who found himself in the position of president," lacking the intellectual and civilizational capacity for the role.

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This is the same mentality. An election campaign can be conducted with dignity, with taste, or it can be conducted like this. But that's him, he can't do more than that. He doesn't have the capacity for more - neither intellectual nor civilizational.