New Polish president who was endorsed by Trump is making his first White House visit

Washington – The new president of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, is expected to visit the White House on Wednesday, seeking to strengthen his relationship with President Donald Trump and argue that the United States must maintain his strong military presence in his country.

The visit to Washington is the first trip abroad of Nawrocki since its entry into office last month. This comes after Trump has taken the unusual measure to get involved in the elections of a long -standing ally in Poland, and approving Nawrocki, candidate of the nationalist party and justice.

Now in power, Nawrocki, a former boxer and amateur historian, hopes to deepen his relationship with Trump at a difficult time for Warsaw.

Trump is increasingly frustrated by his inability to ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sit for direct talks to end the more than three years between the neighbors of Poland.

Last month, Trump met Putin in Alaska and then with Zelenskyy and several European leaders in the White House. He came out of these confident commitments that he would be able to quickly organize direct talks between Putin and Zelenskyy and perhaps three discussions in which he would participate.

But his optimism by splashing an agreement to put an end to the war has emerged because Putin has not yet pointed out her interest in sitting with Zelenskyy.

“Maybe they have to fight a little longer,” said Trump in an interview with The Conservative Daily Caller published this weekend. “You know, keep fighting – stupidly, keep fighting.”

There is also increased anxiety in Poland, and Europe largely written on Trump’s long -term commitment to a solid American strength posture on the continent – an essential means of deterrent in Russia.

Certain key advisers from the Republican administration have argued to move American troops and the military of Europe to Indo-Pacific with the lock of China as the most important strategic and economic competitor in the United States. About 10,000 American soldiers are stationed in Poland on a rotation base.

“The stakes are very high for the visit of President Nawrocki,” said Peter Doran, analyst at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. “Trump will have the opportunity to size the new president of Poland, and Nawrocki will also have the chance to do the same. Failure in this meeting would mean a withdrawal of the American posture in Poland, and success would mean clear approval from Poland as one of the most important allies in America on the front line.”

Trump clearly said he wanted Nawrocki to win before the Poland elections this spring, which hung the prospect of narrower military links if the Polish elected Nawrocki.

The secretary of internal security, Kristi Noem, also went to Poland shortly before the May Elections of Poland to tell the posts if they elected Nawrocki and other preservatives, they would have a strong ally in Trump who “would make sure that you can fight enemies who do not share your values”.

In the end, the Polish voters went with Nawrocki during a waterproof razor election during which he defeated the liberal mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski.

Nawrocki echoes a part of Trump’s language on Ukraine.

He promises to continue the support of Poland to Ukraine but criticized Zelenskyy, accusing him of taking advantage of the allies. He also accused Ukrainian refugees of taking advantage of Polish generosity and promised to prioritize posts for social services such as health care and schooling.

At the same time, Nawrocki will seek to emphasize that Russia’s assault in Ukraine stresses that Putin cannot trust and that a strong American presence in Poland remains an essential means of deterrent, said Heather Conley, a senior non -resident person at the American Enterprise Institute, where it focuses on transatlantic security and geopolitics.

Russia and its ally Bélarus should organize joint military exercises this month in Belarus, disturbing Poland as well as to colleagues member of Latvia and Lithuania.

“The message that Nawrocki ultimately wants to give President Trump is how dangerous Putin’s revisionism is, and that it does not necessarily end with Ukraine,” said Conley.