Trump Denies Regretting US Airstrikes on Serbia

After the Serbian weekly Nedeljnik published what it claimed was an interview with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in which he called the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999 a mistake, his office on Thursday said the interview was a hoax.

"Mr Trump never gave an interview to the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik, as falsely reported by the discredited Newsweek, nor was such an interview conducted through our Indiana State Director. This was a hoax and we look forward to receiving a formal retraction and apology from all involved," Jason Miller, Senior Communications Advisor for Trump, said.

The editorial board of Nedeljnik meanwhile issued a statement clarifying that it had received the interview through a US citizen of Serbian origin, Vladimir Rajcic, who had obtained the answers to certain questions from Suzie Jaworowski from the Trump team.

The statement also included a link to the email from her in which she claimed Trump thought "the bombing of Serbs, who had been our allies in both world wars, was a big mistake. Serbs are very good people. Unfortunately, the Clinton administration brought a lot of harm to them, to all the Balkans, where they created chaos."

Nedeljnik attributed these answers to Trump himself.

However, Jaworowski, Indiana State Director for the Trump campaign, insisted that she was not speaking for Trump and was not "a conduit" to the presidential contender.

"Regarding the article about a media interview with a Serbian politician and Mr Trump via my email, this is completely false. I have never served as a conduit to interview Mr Trump for anyone," Jaworowski said in a statement.

Vladimir Rajcic, who says he conducted the alleged interview with the Trump team,...