Boyko Borissov and Donald Trump Jr.: The Meeting Without a Transcript That Spoke for Itself

In a small country that loves to believe it is big—and even more, that it matters to the world—a former prime minister boasted that he had spoken with the heir of America’s loudest political family. It took no more than a smile before the cameras for a whole legend to be born—or perhaps only the shadow of one. They say history loves repetitions; in Bulgaria, they usually arrive at press conferences, accompanied by lines such as: “I didn’t go to Donald Trump, I went to his son, who’s just the child of a friend.” From that point on, imagination takes the baton, and reality hurries to catch up with a fairy tale stalled at the traffic light between truth and PR.