The U.S. and Poland are currently in a diplomatic spat that resulted in Washington cutting all ties with the speaker of the lower house of the Polish legislature.
The spat became public Thursday, when U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose said the U.S. can have “no further dealings, contacts, or communications” with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the speaker of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish legislature.
Rose said this was being done over “outrageous and unprovoked insults” directed against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Rose didn’t specify what those insults were but said Czarzasty had “made himself a serious impediment to our excellent relations with Prime Minister Tusk and his government.”
“We is not going to permit anyone to harm U.S.–Polish relations, nor disrespect @realDonaldTrump, who has done a lot for Poland and the Polish people,” Rose said in his social media post.
When one user based in Poland told Rose to “stop getting involved in Polish politics and domestic affairs,” Rose replied with, “Anyone who insults and denigrates my president is interfering in my politics!! You don’t tolerate being insulted and neither will we.”
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Czarzasty later said in a post the dispute arose from his refusal to support Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, which Trump has publicly said he thinks he should receive.
“In step with my values, I stood up for Polish soldiers fighting on missions and didn’t support the nomination of President @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Czarzasty said.
The speaker added that while he respects the U.S. as a key partner for Poland, he is not going to change his position on the topic.
Czarzasty is considered one of the leaders of a left-wing party within the liberal government led by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The row escalated when Tusk weighed in on the difficulty, telling Rose in a social media post that “allies should respect, not lecture, one another.”
“Not less than that is how we, here in Poland, understand partnership,” Tusk said, prompting Czarzasty to thank him for the support.
Ever since Trump got here to power, Poland has needed to walk a nice line between defending its European allies while not upsetting its strongest ally, the USA, on which peace in neighbouring Ukraine depends.
Rose said Tusk’s response was “thoughtful and well-articulated” but said it was “surely” intended for Czarzasty. The ambassador said to Tusk that Czarzasty’s “despicable, disrespectful and insulting comments about President Trump” could be “damaging” for the Polish government.
He went on to say he had “nothing but the best respect and admiration” for Tusk, calling him “a model ally and great friend of the USA.”
“And I do know you agree that insulting and degrading the @realDonaldTrump President of the USA — the best friend Poland has ever had within the White House, is the very last thing any Polish leader should do,” he added.
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