With an air show over the White house, US President, Trump has received his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda. This rare honor sealed trump’s latest “Deal”. Both sides benefit, says Bartosz Dudek.
The US is increasing its military presence in Poland. The Americans want to increase your quota to 1000 to about 5500 soldiers. The decision of the US President, Donald Trump remained far below the expectations of Poland. A “continued Trump,” as a great constant Basis, as it is known, for example, from Ramstein in Germany, it will not give up so quickly. A network of smaller logistical bases and heavy weapons depots to make in the case of the rapid Laying of the troops easier. The agreed location of a U.S. division in the rod is pointing in this direction.
The presence of the US soldiers will still be based on a “continuous rotation”. So Washington wants to comply with obviously, the agreements of the NATO-Russia founding act of 1997. Russia found itself at the time of the NATO accession perspective of the Central and Eastern European countries, under the assurance that the territory of these States, there is no major NATO organizations “permanently” stationed.
Soldiers against aircraft order
The deployment of an additional 1,000 soldiers and warm words to the address in Poland could Trump tax to pay. Poland will buy in the USA, 32 high modern F35 fighter aircraft. A small air show over the White house, about the actually, since 2001, the flight ban was very much in the style of the top seller Donald Trumps. The contractual representation of Poland to acquire LPG now for eight billion dollars annually in the United States, was a part of the “Deals”. Measured at the number of soldiers: (word literal) bomb business.
Bartosz Dudek, head of the Poland-editor of the DW
Nevertheless, the intention is to have signed the Declaration on the deepening of the military cooperation, the Donald Trump and his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda in Washington, a success of Polish diplomacy. As elsewhere in Western Europe after the Second world war, the presence of the US is a kind of safety policy insurance policy troops against a potential Aggressor. Even if the presence – seen as it was in West Berlin in the military more of a symbolic character. Poland’s security is in the interest of Germany and the whole EU. Thus, the in-depth Polish-American military cooperation is also a good message for other NATO and EU partners.