Republican congressman calls on incoming administration to target 'The Axis of Aggressors'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Despite domestic and international calls for new elections, a single party parliament conveyed to anoint the only presidential candidate, former soccer player and a hard-line West critic Mikheil Kavelashvili on December 29th in an inauguration ceremony, visibly missing foreign dignitaries and guests.
48% : Georgia - until recently - a strategic U.S. partner has now formalized such partnership with China, has favoured Chinese companies over American investments, adopted Russian style "foreign agent" law, and suspended EU accession talks.
44% : Minutes after the Treasury's announcement, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze claimed - "in reality, nothing has changed".RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BLASTS UKRAINE PEACE DEAL REPORTEDLY FLOATED BY TRUMP'S TEAM: 'NOT HAPPY'Kobakhidze, as well as other party leaders, also voiced optimism about "positive changes" after President Trump will take office on January 20th.
44% : "If there are U.S. interests at stake, and there are some in Georgia, governments that want to lean on Moscow are likely to not only get a cold shoulder from Trump, they are probably going to get hit with the shoulder pads," Carafano says.
40% : Protests erupt in Georgia after pro-Putin Dream Party leader stalls talks to join the EU over claims of foreign interference in country.
31% : Linderman also says congressional Republicans are largely united in their support for Georgia's democratic future and "Trump would be unlikely to expend political capital challenging the bipartisan consensus on Georgia's Euro-Atlantic path".

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