During a heated argument between the President and vice-president of the US and Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump answered several questions from reporters, including Marek Walkuski of Polish Radio, who asked him about his country’s commitment to the support of Poland and NATO’s eastern flank. The US President assured he stays deeply committed to Poland and NATO, but added the country sits in a “tough neighbourhood”.

“I’m very committed to Poland. I think Poland has risen to the occasion and done a great job for NATO. As you know, they paid more than they had to. They’re one of the best groups of people I’ve ever met. I’m very much obliged to Poland,” President Trump said, responding to a question from Polish Radio journalist Marek Wałkuski about upholding allied commitments to NATO. 

Trump said he maintained his commitment to the Baltic states and NATO as a whole, although he noted that NATO needed to increase defence spending.

Zelensky warned that if Ukraine does not stop Putin, Russia “will go further, to the Baltic states and Poland.”

“But first it will move on the Baltic states, because they were republics of the USSR and Putin wants to incorporate them back into his empire,” said the Ukrainian president.

Unfortunately, a rather calm discussion of certain aspects of the Ukraine conflict transformed into an open quarrel between President Zelenskyy and the Vice President of the US, J.D. Vance, when the two started to discuss the problems of the state of Ukraine and a possible ceasefire offer. 

As a result of the conflict, President Zelenskyy was allegedly asked to leave the White House, and the US administration informed that the planned signing ceremony of the mineral deal between the US and Ukraine was cancelled. 

In his statement after the meeting, President Trump announced that President Zelenskyy disrespected the Oval Office and is visibly not ready for peace. He also assured that Zelenskyy is welcome to come back to the White House whenever he is ready to achieve a peace deal with Vladimir Putin. 

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, among other EU leaders, expressed his solidarity with the Ukrainian president after the incident. 

The NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte called President Zelenskyy to rebuild his damaged relations with US President Donald Trump. 

Andrzej Duda called on President Zelenskyy to re-enter dialogue with the US, saying that America is the only country that can ensure peace in Ukraine. He also announced his visit to the US at the beginning of March (1-5.03).

„I would like the entire alliance to call for the return to US-Ukrainian talks,” Władyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, a deputy prime minister and Polish Minister of Defence, said in a comment.

Source: PAP

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Tomasz Modrzejewski