Aravot.am asked political scientist Gagik Hambaryan what it would give the Armenians that representative of Republican Party millionaire Donald Trump became the US president. In anser to the question the political scientist said;
“Trump has cooperated with the two families in the South Caucasus for many years, one was Saakashvili, and during the latter’s governance Trump entered the South Caucasus and started extensive construction in Georgia both in Tbilisi and in Batumi.
Secondly, I should say that Trump has had very intense connections with the family of Aliev. He conducted big construction projects with the Aliev family in Baku, but when the presidential campaign started, Trump, who has his official website and all the information on the countries where “Trump Incorporation” operates, removed that information. It may be deduced from here that it is not beneficial to Trump to reveal his connection with Aliev family, which is famous in Europe and the US as a corrupted and tyrannical family.
Besides that, I should mention that Trump has close connections with the family of Aras Agalarov, who is the ex-relative-by-marriage of Aliev. He carries out business projects with him in different places including Russia. By coming to power, Trump will change the vector of the US foreign policy but not abruptly.
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I do not believe that these presidential elections will have great influence on the US foreign policy. Of course, they have but America cannot change its foreign policy sharply because president id not th only one who makes decisions regarding the foreign policy there are appropriate institutions, centers, that even 15-20 years ago were writing what foreign policy should the US carry out in 2016-2017 or in general from 2020-2025.
But I note it again that Trump’s victory was a gold shower for the whole West. And whether it will be good or not for the Armenians, it should not be said whether Trump has pro or con Armenian position, because the Armenian community has quite strong positions the camps of both the Democratic and the Republican parties.
I do not think that the US will abruptly change its position in the Artsakh issue. The American Co-Chair of the Minsk Group will continue his so-called policy of hitting neither the horseshoe nor the nail. I do not think that the election of Trump will abruptly improve or have a bad influence on the Armenian-American relationships.”
Nune AREVSHATYAN
