, the Biden administration displays a"strange tolerance" for the Rama government despite its thinly concealed involvement in the drug trade. Now, however, that may be coming to an end. The McGonigal scandal has opened the door to real investigations of Albania’s drug-crime-corruption nexus, and those may reveal more than the White House can tolerate.
It's difficult to misread Escobar’s comment, which makes clear that, while the Biden administration may prefer to see Rama and his Socialist Party in power, nothing will change between the United States and Albania, no matter who wins any elections.