Polish President Karol Nawrocki thanked US President Donald Trump for his decision to send additional US troops to Poland.
– The expression of gratitude came after Trump said on Thursday the United States would send 5,000 more troops, citing his relationship with conservative nationalist Nawrocki as the reason.
– “Good alliances are those based on cooperation, mutual respect, and a commitment to our shared security,” Nawrocki wrote on X.
– “I thank US President Donald J. Trump for his friendship toward Poland and for the decisions whose practical dimension we see very clearly today,” Nawrocki added on Thursday night.
– The decision to send additional soldiers to Poland confirms that Polish-American ties are “very strong, and Poland is a model ally,” Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz added, also on X.
– On Tuesday, US Vice President JD Vance told reporters a US troop deployment to Poland had been delayed, but it was not accurate to say the troops were being withdrawn from Europe.
– Earlier, Polish authorities had been alarmed by reports that the Pentagon had cancelled plans to deploy troops there, but they offered reassurances to Poles that this was not the case.