President Donald Trump shakes hands with Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., in September 2025. Trump on Thursday announced the deployment of 5,000 additional troops to Poland. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo
May 22 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States will send an additional 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland, explicitly tying the deployment to the European nation's election last year of nationalist conservative President Karol Nawrocki.
"Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland," he said in a brief statement on his Truth Social media platform.
The move comes as Washington shifts U.S. forces in Europe amid deepening fractures between Trump and NATO allies.
Trump has long been a critic of the defensive alliance, accusing its members of relying on the United States for Europe's security, but Trump has increased the volume of his criticisms since returning to the White House and especially after ally nations declined to aid the United States in its war with Iran.
