On September 1, Mikheil Kavelashvili, the President of Georgia, addressed an open letter to US President Donald Trump, expressing regret over Washington’s passivity toward Georgia and accusing the "Deep State" of undermining relations despite shared values between the two governments.

In the letter, Kavelashvili began by expressing "deep respect" for Trump and emphasized that resetting relations with the US was "one of the main priorities of Georgian foreign policy." He stated that the Biden administration revoked the strategic partnership with Georgia after Trump’s election and prior to his inauguration, describing it as part of an "unfair, harsh and aggressive policy" directed against sovereign states.

Against this background, Kavelashvili stressed that Trump’s administration had not shown "due attention" to Georgia, which, given the "full alignment in values" between the two governments, surprised the Georgian public. According to Kavelashvili, Georgia’s ruling party had addressed years earlier the very issues that the Trump administration was currently focused on.

He argued that despite their "identical worldviews," it was "not your administration but once again the ‘Deep State’ that is active toward Georgia," relying on organizations such as USAID and NED to "bring destabilization into Georgia and undermine peace." He emphasized that the Georgian people "stand united like never before" against the "Deep State," whose "four attempts at revolution" were prevented "precisely through the wisdom, experience, and principledness" of the population.

Kavelashvili highlighted Trump’s "close relations" with Georgia’s neighbors, citing the US-brokered peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, "active cooperation" with Turkey, and an even restored partnership with Vladimir Putin. "But, against this background, your administration says nothing about Georgia, which, as I have already noted, surprises Georgian society," he stated.

Referring to the claim that Trump had "changed half of the world" in recent months, Kavelashvili warned that passivity toward Georgia "raises doubts and questions among the Georgian people about how free and sincere your administration’s actions are in the region in terms of strengthening peace." He added that "Georgian society is concerned about the dominance of a war- and unrest-oriented ‘Deep State’ in Georgia, which your administration, unfortunately, watches passively."

The Georgian President concluded by expressing hope for a shift in US policy. He stated that the Georgian people should associate the United States "not with the ‘Deep State,’ but with a strong American president; not with undermining peace and constant attempts at destabilization, but with peace and stability; not with gender and LGBT propaganda, but with respect for traditional values." Kavelashvili emphasized his readiness to support the government’s goal of restoring the strategic partnership with the US "from a clean slate and with a specific roadmap," stressing that "the key condition is for your administration to adopt a fair and generous attitude toward the Georgian state and the Georgian people."