Šušnjar responds to Vučić: 'Galbraith wasn't on a tank, but a tractor. Cameras remember'

Croatian Economy Minister Ante Šušnjar has entered the verbal dispute between Croatian officials and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, responding to Vučić's criticism of Croatian Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković's remarks on Serbia's armament.

Šušnjar posted on social media platform X, ironically referring to the Serbian president's statements as a "political reality show." He suggested his Croatian colleagues "follow President Vučić," comparing the situation to a "good reality show" that is hard to find elsewhere. Šušnjar noted that just when a "scenario seems to have reached the limit of possibility," a "new episode" arrives the next day.

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I am watching this discussion today and I must agree with the advice – I really recommend my colleagues in Croatia to follow President Vučić. Especially in recent days. I like British humor and political series, but I also know how to watch a good reality show. And a better political reality show is hard to find than what comes from our neighbors.

The minister specifically addressed Vučić's claims about former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith. Šušnjar asserted that Galbraith was not on a tank but on a tractor with a Serb refugee family near Glina. He advised Vučić "not to lie so much about Americans." Šušnjar also alluded to Vučić's political activities in the 1990s, linking them to the departure of the Serb population during the wartime events, suggesting Vučić likely remembers the "unhappy man and his tractor."

Šušnjar concluded his post with another reference to reality programs, stating, "Reality is an inconvenient genre. Cameras remember, no matter how much they lie later that it wasn't so." This reaction follows a recent escalation in rhetoric between Zagreb and Belgrade, after Jandroković warned that Serbia was arming itself with offensive weapons and suggested Croatia should discuss this openly with its Western allies.

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Reality is an inconvenient genre. Cameras remember, no matter how much they lie later that it wasn't so.