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And then they took it to the next level and applied it to President Trump.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dodik<\/strong> has long advocated for the <strong>secession of Republika Srpska from Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/strong> and its <strong>unification with Serbia.<\/strong> In February, he was <strong>sentenced to one year in prison<\/strong> for <strong>violating decisions of the country\u2019s Constitutional Court<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, <strong>U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio<\/strong> condemned <strong>Dodik\u2019s actions<\/strong>, stating on <strong>X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong> that <strong>he was undermining Bosnia and Herzegovina\u2019s institutions and jeopardizing its security and stability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blagojevich was <strong>pardoned by Trump in February<\/strong> after being <strong>convicted in 2011 for extortion and attempting to sell or trade the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama<\/strong>. He and Trump first met through the reality TV show <strong>&#8220;The Celebrity Apprentice.&#8221;<\/strong> In <strong>2020, Trump commuted Blagojevich\u2019s sentence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN ENGLISH:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0xrVWSkze6SiZLeigoNBwpBBrur8yGyevY9cHuPvUM2HhX3Rsk2KGpouwLdbazcunl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"538\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had <strong>considered appointing Blagojevich as U.S. ambassador to Serbia<\/strong> before ultimately selecting <strong>former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich<\/strong> for the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blagojevich, whose parents were of <strong>Serbian origin<\/strong> (his father from a <strong>village near Kragujevac<\/strong> and his mother from a <strong>village in Herzegovina<\/strong>), emphasized his extensive experience <strong>working with Balkan politicians<\/strong>. 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