Trump: America loves Poland

The US President Donald Trump gave a speech during his stay in Warsaw, and praised Poles for being “the soul of Europe.” “For two centuries, Poland suffered constant and brutal attacks.  But while Poland could be invaded and occupied, and its borders even erased from the map, it could never be erased from history or from your hearts.  In those dark days, you have lost your land but you never lost your pride,” Trump said standing in front of the monument honoring the Warsaw Uprising. Trump also reaffirmed his support for NATO, a stance that he changed since he was elected the US President. “To those who would criticize our tough stance, I would point out that the United States has demonstrated not merely with words but with its actions that we stand firmly behind Article 5, the mutual defense commitment,” he said. Article five of NATO states that an attack on any member is an attack on all, and allies must render assistance, military if need be. Still, despite the support, he did not offer any guarantees to increase the US military presence in Poland. “We did not discuss guarantees, but certainly the US troops have been here for a long time, we have quite a few troops here, up to 5,000, and we will continue to do that and we will continue to work with Poland,” he said during his earlier joint conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda. During his public speech, Trump warned Russia to stop interfering in other countries affairs. “"We urge Russia to cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere and its support for hostile regimes including Syria and Iran, and to instead join the community of responsible nations in our fight against common enemies and the defense of civilization itself,” he said. Donald Trump arrived in Poland on Wednesday evening on his way to the G20 summit in Hamburg. Besides giving a public speech, and meeting with Duda. He also attended the regional Three Seas Initiative summit, during which representatives of 12 nations discussed strengthening and integrating the region through the development of energy and infrastructure ties in the territory running from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Adriatic in the south and the Black Sea in the east. The initiative is to raise the region's standing in Europe, but also to make it attractive as an economic partner for the US.