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Poland is relying on the relationship between its President Andrzej Duda and Donald Trump in the fight against Russia. Will Donald Trump become Poland’s secret weapon?
Poland – A secret weapon against Russia and Wladimir Putin to have: This is what the Polish government currently believes. The background is said to be the sympathies between Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and USrepublican Donald Trump be. This is reported by the US daily newspaper Politico. The sympathies are intended to help Poland’s government turn Trump against Russia.
Poland’s opposition party sees a connection between the Ukraine aid package and Duda’s meeting with Trump
The US Congress announced at the end of April that a $61 billion aid package would go to Ukraine. This was preceded by months of blockades by the Republicans US House of Representatives. Following the decision, Poland’s opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party promptly announced that it was thanks to the influence of one of its own members: President Andrzej Duda.
According to the report, just a few days earlier, in mid-April, Duda met with Donald Trump in his apartment in Trump Tower in New York to discuss military resources for Ukraine. “It was a friendly meeting in a very nice atmosphere,” said Duda after the meeting German press agency reported.
Election of Donald Trump could endanger the future of Europe and NATO
This meeting was viewed with frowns by much of the Polish public. Because that EU– and NATOMember Poland is a close military ally of Russia-attacked Ukraine and an important hub for Western military aid to Kiev, reports the dpa further.
Similar to other European countries, there is concern in Poland that the USA will reduce its support for Ukraine if Trump becomes president again.
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said: “In Poland, almost everyone is clear that a possible victory for Donald Trump in the US presidential election is for the security of Poland, Europe and the United States Future of NATO unfavorable Almost every speech by Trump shows his anti-Ukrainian and pro-Russian stance, Tusk continued.
Poland’s government and the opposition agree on one point
Many MPs from the PiS ranks, however, praised President Duda on social media. PiS MP Dariusz Matecki wrote of a “big applause for Duda, who has gained powerful resources”. X After all, he is Poland’s “secret weapon”.
No matter how much the government and the PiS disagree on many points, they loudly shared the view of flattering Donald Trump and putting “honey on his beard”. Politico both. Poland’s President Duda is convinced that Trump can end the Ukraine war in 24 hours.
The joint meeting and the decision on the aid package probably only coincided by chance
“I trust that the President took advantage of the recommendation of the Polish government during the meeting in New York and expressed the Polish position on security issues,” wrote Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in mid-April X. “In these matters we need maximum agreement and minimum controversy. Even if we choose different conversation partners.”
A day after the meeting in New York, Trump posted on his social media platform: “Everyone agrees that the survival and strength of Ukraine should be far more important to Europe than to us – but it is also just as important to us !” Politico writes that Duda’s meeting probably simply coincided with a change in the policy of Trump and the Republicans regarding aid to Ukraine – and that the Polish president is probably not the secret weapon after all.
Diplomacy important: relationships will continue to be maintained
However, it certainly still plays a role for Trump. Andrzej Duda took a long time to arrive Joe Biden wins the election in 2020 congratulated. Only when Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated did Duda follow suit. Diplomatic relations were particularly nurtured during Trump’s term in office. Trump emphasized his friendship with Duda again after the meeting in April.
Opinions differ as to what role Duda actually plays and how convincingly he might persuade Donald Trump to do this or that. This is what various politicians said to him Politico. Some were convinced that Duda was the “Republican whisperer of Poland,” while others called this “nonsense.” (full)
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