Rafał Trzaskowski will give a live interview to Fox Businnes. Programme manager Maria Bartiromo She recalled that Russia threatened Poland and the Baltic countries, claiming that they would be the first to endure if there was a direct conflict between Russia and NATO. She besides mentioned Russia's fresh attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, where 32 people were killed returning from church service.
– What would be the right answer to what we saw this weekend? What is Poland's position at this minute – she asked.
We must stay strong and deter Russia and Putin. We did our occupation in Poland, we invested a lot in our defence capabilities within NATO. We spend 5 percent of GDP on it. We besides buy equipment from Americans. We're securing our perimeter. And this is what we gotta do – the president of Warsaw replied.
Rafał Trzaskowski at Fox Business: president Trump is absolutely right
He added that "we must do 1 more thing due to the fact that president Trump is absolutely right that Europeans should take work and spend more money in defence." We should convince the another countries and that is what Poland is doing.
Trzaskowski stressed that if he had been elected president, It would aim to persuade countries specified as Spain, Italy or the Netherlands to devote at least 3 percent of GDP to defence. "We must strengthen our European capabilities within NATO to effectively deter Russia and others who want to endanger us," he stressed.
When asked about the US-Poland relations during Trump's second term, he stressed that both countries are allies. We're very close. Poland is 1 of the most pro-American countries in the world. We were allies, during the 9/11 attack, NATO evidently utilized Article 5 and we were the first. Poland was besides the first to send its troops to Iraq, even though any another European countries did not. We besides sent troops to Afghanistan. We fought side by side with our American friends. That's almost 30,000 soldiers in total. So we are 1 of the closest allies We besides buy American equipment – said Trzaskowski.
“Every mad dictator in the planet is watching what is happening now”
KO candidate for president besides stressed that "Europe and America must stay very close due to the fact that only erstwhile we are together can we truly halt all the countries that want to attack us." – That's why we request to hear what president Trump says. We request to convince another Europeans to take safety seriously, to take on part of this burden as well, and to strengthen the North Atlantic Alliance as much as possible, due to the fact that all mad dictator in the planet is watching what is happening right now. And if we are strong, we will be much safer – he explained.
The subject of migration was raised in the conversation.
– Everyone needs to realize that what we see on our east border is simply a hybrid war that Russia and Belarus are fighting against Poland and Europe, trying to destabilise us. They bring migrants from all over the world. Now we have secured our east border, the east border of NATO and the EU. It is now 1 of the safest in the planet due to the fact that we gotta give the Russians and others a appropriate signal that we will not let any immigrants to cross it," said the president of Warsaw.
He stressed that if we let this happen, “any country in the planet that wishes badly for the United States or Europe will usage it and effort to interpret it as our weakness. We gotta stay strong because, 'bad guys' They realize only the language of power and the language emanated by the American President. This is the most crucial thing.”
He added that the West should stay united. "When we work together, besides erstwhile it comes to trade, then we are strong, and our enemies must think twice before they do something unpredictable," he said.
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