Marcin Przydacz, Nawrocki’s foreign policy adviser, said in a radio interview that the policy reversal was the result of “presidential diplomacy” rooted in the personal relationship between the two presidents; Trump endorsed Nawrocki in last year’s Polish election.
Przydacz also put the decision in the context of the long-running political battle between Nawrocki and pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk, condemning the government leader for not pressing for a redeployment of American troops from “his beloved Germany.”
In a social media post, Tusk thanked everyone involved in the policy change, including “President Nawrocki, ministers, members of Congress, and friends of Poland in the U.S.”
Hegseth’s decision last week had come under fire from lawmakers from both parties in the U.S. Congress, worried about the signal it would send to one of America’s best friends in Europe.
Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said Trump’s move proved Polish-American ties remained “very strong” and described Poland as an “ironclad ally” of Washington. “It’s good that we fight together for the fundamental issues of our homeland’s security,” he wrote on X.
“All’s well that ends well,” Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said during a press briefing in Sweden. In addition to Nawrocki, he attributed the decision to lobbying efforts by “friends of Poland” in the U.S. Congress and diplomats on both sides of the Atlantic.
