The Briefing Room

General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on June 12, 2019, 06:33:08 am

Title: Polish 'Fort Trump' ahead? US troops set for deployment
Post by: TomSea on June 12, 2019, 06:33:08 am
Quote
Polish 'Fort Trump' ahead? US troops set for deployment
By Hollie McKay | Fox News

The U.S. is expected to add at least 1,000 troops to the 4,000 already stationed in Poland, a sign of strengthening ties between President Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda at a time when many other nations in the E.U. are drifting away.

“We are looking for a quantity and quality increase in military presence, an enduring presence of American troops in Poland,” Maciej Golubiewski, the consul general of the Republic of Poland in New York, told Fox News on Tuesday.

Discussions of an augmented and fixed U.S. presence have taken place under the nickname “Fort Trump,” and Polish officials haven't ruled out the possibility of some future base taking on that very name, depending on how the new agreement is structured.

Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/polish-fort-trump-ahead-us-troops-set-for-deployment (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/polish-fort-trump-ahead-us-troops-set-for-deployment)