Posted on 04/18/2024 6:46:18 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term.
The presumptive Republican nominee hosted Duda for dinner at Trump Tower, where the two were expected to discuss Ukraine, among other topics. Duda, who has long expressed admiration for Trump, is also a staunch supporter of Ukraine and has encouraged Washington to provide more aid to Kyiv amid Russian's ongoing invasion. That funding has been held up by Trump allies in Congress.
As he arrived, Trump praised the Polish president, saying, “He's done a fantastic job and he’s my friend.”
“We had four great years together," Trump added. “We’re behind Poland all the way."
U.S. allies across the world were caught off guard by Trump’s surprise 2016 win, forcing them to scramble to build relationships with a president who often attacked longstanding treaties and alliances they valued. Setting up meetings with him during the 2024 campaign suggests they don't want to be behind again.
Even as he goes on trial for one of the four criminal indictments against him, Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden are locked in a rematch that most observers expect will be exceedingly close in November.
“The polls are close,” said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., a Biden ally and a major voice in his party on foreign affairs. “If I were a foreign leader — and there’s a precedent attached to meeting with candidates who are nominated or on the path to being nominated — I’d probably do it too.”
*SNIP*
Duda’s visit comes a week after Trump met with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, another NATO member and key proponent of supporting Ukraine, at the former president’s Florida estate.
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Poland’s centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a political opponent of Duda, was critical of the dinner but expressed hope that Duda would use it as an opportunity “to raise the issue of clearly siding with the Western world, democracy and Europe in this Ukrainian-Russian conflict.”
Poland’s centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Centrist, my foot.
“The polls are close”
What a joke! More like the fraud is real.
Logan Act! Logan Act! Logan Act!
That’s how they got Flynn. Nothing surprises me anymore.
EC
Duda realizes there is a leadership vacuum in the western world, and especially among the big powers. Biden, Trudeau, Macron, and Sunak are all weak and the entire world knows it.
Lol Trump should set up a meeting with all the world leaders that he worked with before as allies, the media would,go mental (or I should say “More Berzerk” lol)
Exactly, Tusk is a leftist a-hole.
Kerry and Kennedy and ilk all worked actively agaisnt our presidents by working with the enemy behind the president’s back.
Several congresscritters actively worked agaisnt bush by going to the enemy nations
even generals were working with China and gonna rest on Trump if Trump thought about going after China. The media however were interested in any of those acts of betrayal.
But you can bet the msm would be all over Trump meeting with allies in other nations, and th3 left would be threatening arrest and criminal,charges
True.
Poland's Tusk says US Republicans may cost 'thousands of lives' over Ukraine vote
they got him for lying
Oops, but just replace Tusk with Duda and you still get the same picture.
*Kerry and Kennedy and ilk all worked actively agaisnt our presidents by working with the enemy behind the president’s back.*
As POTUS he can pardon Sirhan on the anniversary of Chappaquiddik.
Nice to see you upset over that
They must be doing something right!
Nice to see you upset over that
They must be doing something right!
Hush foreigner. Adults are talking.
De Camptown ladies sing dis song, Duda! Duda! De Camptown race-track five miles long, Oh, Duda day!
(Terrible; I know.)
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