WARSAW, May 22 – Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki expressed appreciation to President Donald Trump following the US decision to deploy additional American military personnel to Poland.
Nawrocki’s thanks followed Trump’s Thursday announcement that the United States would deploy 5,000 additional troops, with Trump citing his relationship with the conservative nationalist leader as the motivation.
“Good alliances are those based on cooperation, mutual respect, and a commitment to our shared security,” Nawrocki wrote on X.
“I thank U.S. 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 move to deploy more soldiers to Poland demonstrates that Polish-American relations remain “very strong, and Poland is a model ally,” Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz stated, also posting on X.
Earlier this week on Tuesday, US Vice President JD Vance informed reporters that a planned US military deployment to Poland had faced delays, though he clarified it would be incorrect to characterize this as a withdrawal of troops from Europe.
Previously, Polish officials had expressed concern over reports suggesting the Pentagon had scrapped deployment plans for their country, but they later provided assurances to Polish citizens that such reports were inaccurate.
