Trump’s Warsaw Speech a Coup for Poles, Disaster for Eurocrats

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In addition to providing supportive crowds and proof that President Trump is not loathed by the entire world, as the Democrats and their mainstream media allies often assert, the Warsaw speech also offered Trump an opportunity to reiterate his commitment to NATO.

If the Poles are skeptical of Western Europe’s encouragement of mass migration and liberal social policies, they are equally as skeptical, if not more concerned, about every potentially aggressive move from the Russian government.

“We are committed to securing your access to alternate sources of energy, so Poland and its neighbors are never again held hostage to a single supplier of energy,” said Trump in a clear reference to Russia. “We urge Russia to cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere,” he said.

But if Trump’s Poland trip is good for the White House, it could be even better for Poland’s government. The governing Law and Justice Party is under pressure from the EU to submit to its migrant resettlement schemes. The nation’s leaders have been besieged by a steady stream of attacks from publications such as The Economist, painting it as anti-democratic and authoritarian.

Law and Justice Party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski referred on Saturday to Trump’s visit as a “new success.” Kaczynski also charged that other nations in the EU are “envious of it!” In June, Poland’s defense minister, Antoni Macierewicz, described the approaching visit as an “enormous event.” The visit “is an enormous event showing how much Poland’s place in geopolitics and world politics has changed,” he said.[lz_pagination]