{"id":36289,"date":"2025-03-18T06:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/melania-trump-shows-no-interest-in-her-homeland-slovenia-for-that-i-am-thankful-ana-schnabl\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T06:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:04:42","slug":"melania-trump-shows-no-interest-in-her-homeland-slovenia-for-that-i-am-thankful-ana-schnabl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/melania-trump-shows-no-interest-in-her-homeland-slovenia-for-that-i-am-thankful-ana-schnabl\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump shows no interest in her homeland Slovenia \u2013 for that I am thankful | Ana Schnabl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some Slovenes see the first lady as a chance for closer ties with the US. But let\u2019s build relationships with those whose values we share<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ana Schnabl is a Slovenian novelist, editor and critic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Slovenia is a small country and not just in physical size or because it has a population of 2.1 million. It has no real geopolitical status: it doesn\u2019t shape the foreign policy or economy of other nations, but it is shaped by them. There is a prevailing belief in Slovenia, therefore, that we should focus on our soft power. Exceptional Slovenians will pull the country out of anonymity, putting the country on the map or securing recognition through their merit, this view holds.<\/p>\n<p>This is why the achievements of basketball players Goran Dragi\u0107 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/feb\/27\/luka-doncic-anthony-davis-trade-fallout-human-element\">Luka Don\u010di\u0107<\/a>, professional cyclist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/article\/2024\/jul\/21\/tadej-pogacar-wraps-up-tour-de-france-victory-to-seal-historic-double\">Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a>\u2019s Tour de France victories, the two-time Olympic gold medallist Janja Garnbret, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2023\/feb\/22\/laibach-to-become-first-foreign-band-to-perform-in-kyiv-since-invasion\">Laibach<\/a>\u2019s notoriety and Katarina \u010cas\u2019s film roles are all framed as national opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Ana Schnabl is a Slovenian novelist, editor and critic<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/mar\/18\/melania-trump-homeland-slovenia-first-lady-us\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Slovenes see the first lady as a chance for closer ties with the US. But let\u2019s build relationships with those whose values we share Ana Schnabl is a Slovenian novelist, editor and critic Slovenia is a small country and not just in physical size or because it has a population of 2.1 million. It &#8230; <a title=\"Melania Trump shows no interest in her homeland Slovenia \u2013 for that I am thankful | Ana Schnabl\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/melania-trump-shows-no-interest-in-her-homeland-slovenia-for-that-i-am-thankful-ana-schnabl\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Melania Trump shows no interest in her homeland Slovenia \u2013 for that I am thankful | Ana Schnabl\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}