Polish President urges us to transfer nuclear warheads to grind the territory

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The Polish President called on the US to translate nuclear weapons into Polish as a deterrent Russian aggression, a request, which will probably be perceived as a strongly provocative in Moscow.

Andrzei Duda said “obviously” that President Donald Trump could redirect US nuclear warheads stored in Western Europe or the US to Poland, a proposal of the Polish leader stated that he had recently discussed with Kit Kelog, a special US messenger for Ukraine.

“NATO’s borders moved to the east in 1999, so in 26 years there should also be a shift of NATO infrastructure to the east. It is obvious to me,” Duda said in an interview with Financial Times. “I think it’s not only that it’s time, but it would be safer if this weapon was already here.”

Duda hopes to revive the nuclear exchange project, which he unsuccessfully presented the administration of former President Joe Biden in 2022. The Communist regime of Poland conducted the Soviet nuclear combat units during the Cold War, but the reserves of such weapons are again close to the Russian bodies – at this time under the control of the United States – will be considered as a serious threat to Kremlin.

Duda said Trump should decide where to deploy US nuclear weapons, but in 2023 he recalled the announcement of President Vladimir Putin that Russia would postpone tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Moscow’s ally in Ukraine.

“Russia was not even shy when they moved nuclear weapons in Belarus,” Duda said. “They didn’t ask any permission.”

Duda’s call to take nuclear weapons emphasizes the increasing alarm in Floor .

Duda, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Polish Armed Forces, repeated the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, saying that the country could extend the “nuclear umbrella” of France as an alternative protection against the idea of ​​President Emmanuel Macron to cover European allies.

But last week the bagpipe poured cold water on the proposal of Tusk that Poland could develop its own nuclear arsenal. “In order to have its own nuclear capacity, I think it will take decades,” the President said.

Duda also said he could not provide for Trump, which he gave during the meeting last month to maintain US troops in Poland.

“Concerns against the United States, which return their military presence in Poland, are not justified. We are a reliable ally for the US, and they also have their strategic interests,” he said.

The Polish president also said he did not believe that Trump is in place negotiations to force Kiev to stop fighting.

“This is not a delicate diplomacy, it is a fierce game, but in my opinion, it is not that President Trump is just good and gentle with Russia,” Duda said. “I think he uses tools against Russia, though it may not be as loud and visible as those he uses against Ukraine.”

“No one has succeeded in stopping this war, so let’s a chance to President Trump.”

Last weekend, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski wondered with US Secretary of State, Mark Rubio and Trump’s ally Elon Musk on social networks over Ukraine’s access to the Starlink satellite system, and Musk dismissed Sikorsky as a “little man”. Tusk entered to call on Poland’s allies to show respect for weaker partners rather than arrogance.

Instead, Duda criticized Sikorski for “completely unnecessary” intervention through Starlink. “You do not discuss with the US administration on Twitter, you do it through diplomatic channels,” he said.

Duda, nominee of the party of opposition law and justice (PIS), is located in loggerheads with a coalition of Tusk, because in 2023 they won the parliamentary elections. He repeatedly vested the procedure for reform by Tusk with the help of appointed writers who seduce the Constitutional Court.

Asked if the Trump administration could influence the Polish presidential election in May, Duda replied that “I am convinced that the Poles would make their own decisions.” But he expressed concern about the challenged election result, as in Romania, given that the judges will also need to check the results of the Polish language.

“Undoubtedly, we are now dealing with a very serious constitutional crisis in Poland,” Duda said. “What happened in Romania is very concerned and does not fulfill European democratic standards.”

The Romanian Constitutional Court banned the candidate in the far right Kalin Calin after the cancellation of his victory in the first round after the allegations that he used an illegal campaign organized by Moscow.

The Polish president accused the European Commission of closing the eye to the institutional conflict of Poland after allegedly adopted “numerous actions” to return the authorities in 2023.

“Now the European Commission pretends to see it,” Duda said. “And you know why? All because Prime Minister Tusk is a member of the same European Party as most members of the European Commission, together with his president (Ursula von der Leyen). “