The president of Poland became the latest overseas person to bushed a way to Donald Trump's doorway past nighttime arsenic the satellite prepares for his imaginable instrumentality to the White House.
Andrzej Duda was greeted arsenic an aged person arsenic helium arrived astatine Trump Tower wherever the erstwhile president is staying arsenic his transgression proceedings implicit alleged hush wealth payments gets underway successful New York.
The 2 men are long-time allies but Duda was keen to triumph his enactment for much subject assistance to Ukraine amid continued Republican hostility to a caller assistance package.
'This man is doing a fantastic job, the radical of Poland emotion him, they truly do,' Trump told reporters arsenic the brace walked in.
'We had 4 large years together. We whitethorn person to bash it again.'
'We had 4 large years together. We whitethorn person to bash it again' Donald Trump said arsenic helium welcomed Polish president Andrzej Duda to Trump Tower
Duda was 1 of Trump's strongest European allies during his clip successful the White House
Duda was astatine the White House conscionable past period to property the lawsuit for much arms for Ukraine which shares a 330-mile borderline with his country.
But Trump has yet to backmost the latest effort by House Speaker Mike Johnson to nonstop $61 cardinal to Ukraine, including a $7.9 cardinal loan.
And the erstwhile president horrified satellite leaders successful February erstwhile helium told a rally helium would 'encourage' Russia to 'do immoderate the hellhole they want' to Nato members who bash not lend their stock to the alliance's fund – repeating the menace days later.
He has praised Russia's invasion of Ukraine arsenic 'smart' and 'savvy', boasting helium could bring the long-running warfare to an extremity 'within 24 hours'.
The ex-president has agelong railed astatine Nato members who neglect to conscionable the pact request to walk 2 percent of nationalist income connected defense.
But with the warfare raging connected their doorstep Poland's expenditure presently amounts to 4 percent and Duda has echoed Trump's calls for others to lend more.
'In the look of the warfare successful Ukraine and Russia's increasing imperial aspirations, the countries making up NATO indispensable enactment boldly and uncompromisingly,' helium said connected his sojourn to the White House past month.
'The warfare successful Ukraine has intelligibly shown that the United States is and should stay the person successful information issues successful Europe and the world.
'However, different NATO countries indispensable besides instrumentality greater work for the information of the full confederation and intensively modernize and fortify their troops.'
With the Republican information each but wrapped up and a constrictive borderline implicit Joe Biden in the polls the erstwhile president has had a drawstring of meetings with overseas leaders.
He has spoken to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had meal with UK overseas caput David Cameron and enjoyed one-on-ones with Argentine President Javier Milei and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Duda was elected Poland's president successful 2015 for the populist Law and Justice Party and has agelong praised his erstwhile White House colleague, erstwhile proposing that a Polish subject basal beryllium renamed 'Fort Trump'.
British overseas curate David Cameron, who erstwhile described Donald Trump arsenic 'xenophobic, misogynistic and stupid' made the travel to Mar-A-Lago past month
The erstwhile president has been renewing acquaintances with different overseas leaders including Hungary's far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban who helium met successful March
Argentina's recently elected populist president Javier Milei besides called astatine Mar-A-Lago successful February
He is officially successful New York for a gathering of the United Nations but his cozy meal with Trump has alarmed opponents backmost location who fearfulness it whitethorn harm Poland's lasting with the existent White House.
Poland's newly-elected centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk said helium hoped Duda would usage his sojourn 'to rise the contented of intelligibly siding with the Western world, ideology and Europe successful this Ukrainian-Russian conflict'.
Polish paper Gazeta Wyborcza said the sojourn would beryllium 'harmful and dangerous' and beryllium seen arsenic a 'slap successful the face' by the Biden administration.
But Duda's erstwhile overseas curate Paweł Jabłoński said it was prudent to conscionable the antheral who whitethorn find the world's destiny aft the November wide election.
'We request to speech to some sides of the governmental scene, particularly since Donald Trump has a bully accidental of winning and these relations indispensable beryllium maintained,' helium insisted.
'International authorities is astir having relationships with everyone and having them arsenic bully arsenic possible.'
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