The Daily Populous Saturday March 8th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by BoomKidneyShot

"Poland is not changing its opinion on the need, the absolutely fundamental need to maintain the closest possible ties with the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This is in general indisputable," he said.

Poland is already NATO's top spender, with its defense budget accounting for 4.7 percent of gross domestic product this year. Tusk told parliament that spending should increase to 5 percent of GDP — a figure touted by U.S. President Trump.

Poland is is spending billions on weapons — Abrams tanks, Patriot missile defense systems and F-35 jet fighters from the U.S. as well as K2 Black Panther main battle tanks, K9A1 Thunder howitzers, Homar-K rocket systems and jet trainers from South Korea.

The confusing signals coming out of the Trump administration are particularly worrying for Poland, which has built its security architecture around its close ties with the U.S. There are about 10,000 American soldiers stationed in Poland, and the country makes an effort to buy U.S. weapons systems — to the annoyance of other European countries.

But the sight of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being berated in the White House, the U.S. ending arms aid to Ukraine, and Donald Trump's comments that the U.S. may not fulfill its NATO obligations to protect members against attack if he feels they are not spending enough on defense are very concerning.

“We are seeing a deep correction in U.S. policy with regard to Ukraine but we can’t turn our backs to it only because we don’t like it. We must be precise and honest in assessing what it means and what serves our interest and what doesn’t,” Tusk told parliament.

sadetheruiner on March 7th, 2025 at 20:38 UTC »

Well if I lived next to expansionist Putin I’d do the same damn thing.

KidKilobyte on March 7th, 2025 at 20:34 UTC »

Predicting a half dozen new nuclear nations during Trump’s current term from nations like Iran fearing an American attack to Poland unable to rely on America as an ally.

macross1984 on March 7th, 2025 at 20:33 UTC »

Poland knows deep within their psyche how dangerous Russia is for them. Now that they have uncertainty of US support, Poland has no choice but to increase its defensive capabilities by increasing the size of its military.

If Putin want to repeat invasion of Poland like in WW II, Russia will receive very "warm" welcoming from angry Poland.