https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/22/liberland-a-self-proclaimed-country-in-eastern-europe-hopes-for-recognition-from-president-trump/ "Even before he became president, Donald Trump had turned America's foreign policy rhetoric upside down. For many, this prompts concern for the future, but for Vit Jedlicka, the self-declared founder of unrecognized state Liberland, Trump's unorthodox view of the world has inspired hope. “Trump being in place definitely opened new doors,” Jedlicka told WorldViews during an Inauguration Day party thrown on Friday by the Washington Examiner in the Del Frisco restaurant in the District. Jedlicka, a burly, 33-year-old Czech citizen, decided last month to attend the Trump inauguration, eventually securing about 20 tickets from American supporters for Liberland's group and its guests. The trip had soon turned into all-weekend affair, with a special visit on Saturday for Liberland supporters to Thomas Jefferson and Jame Madison's plantation homes in Virginia." [...] "But creating a real country isn't so easy. Liberland has run into a number of problems — not least that Jedlicka and other Liberland citizens do not have constant access to the land itself. Plus, no nation, including the United States, recognize it. If Hillary Clinton had won the presidency in November, Liberland would almost certainly have stayed off the U.S. government's radar. But with Trump, there is a sense that anything could happen. Before he took office, the unconventional businessman-turned-politician had suggested he may upend foreign policy in a variety of ways — from moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and implicitly recognizing the city as the Israeli capital, to drastically rethinking the U.S. relationship with NATO. While these moves may cause panic with some traditional U.S. allies, Jedlicka said he is encouraged. "[Trump's] call with Taiwan was of course a good sign of his openness to changing the paradigm in international politics,” Jedlicka said. In the past, Jedlicka had come to Washington to meet with members of Congress, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a libertarian leaning politician with whom Liberland supporters often identify."