Donald TrumpJoe Biden’s possible rival in November’s presidential election, during Saturday’s election rally, he said he would “push” Russiato “do whatever he wants” with countries FOR THISthat “don’t pay”, i.e. they spend less than 2%. GDP for defense. These words caused a storm.
“The Poland-US alliance must be strong, regardless of who is currently in power in Poland and the US. “I have always acted like this and will continue to act in this spirit, respecting all of our partners in the US,” wrote President Duda. in an entry on platform X.
He added, “insulting half of the American political scene serves neither our economic interests nor Poland’s security.”
“BTW, thanks to wise and far-sighted policies over the last 8 years, we spent 4% of GDP on defense. Thanks to this, Poland is safe and will be safe!” – Duda emphasized.
What countries is Donald Trump talking about? What is clear is that he is not talking about Poland (last year we spent 3.9% of GDP on defense). However, only two EU countries have achieved this target with good public finances. And it’s not Poland. We wrote more about this HERE.
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Donald Tusk on Trump’s words
The head of government commented on the issue on Sunday on social media: “Perhaps this is an appropriate topic for the Cabinet Council, Mr President?” – wrote the Prime Minister.
President Andrzej Duda announced the convening of a Cabinet Council on 13 February; he said he wanted to talk to government representatives, among other things: about the future of investments, such as the Communications Center Port or nuclear power plants.
In contrast, the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Marcin Kierwiński, said that “D. Trump directly called for handing over Europe to Putin. In his world, the concept of an alliance boils down to a transaction.”
NATO Chief: any attack on the Alliance will be met with a firm response
The head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, also reacted to the former US president’s words. He said any suggestion that NATO allies would not defend each other would undermine the alliance’s overall security and put American and European troops at risk.
“Any attack on NATO will be met with a united and firm response,” stressed Jens Stoltenberg.
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