President Andrzej Duda’s letter to Donald Trump concerned a proposal that the Polish president had put forward at NATO headquarters. This proposal was formally submitted in writing to the NATO Secretary General, urging the NATO summit in The Hague to decide on increasing the minimum percentage of GDP allocated to defense spending to 3%. This information was shared today by Wojciech Kolarski, head of the International Policy Bureau at the Chancellery of the President of Poland.
Recently, the media reported on a letter sent by President Andrzej Duda to U.S. President Donald Trump. Today, Wojciech Kolarski, head of the International Policy Bureau at the Chancellery of the President, spoke about the details of this correspondence, emphasizing that President Duda’s team remains in contact with Trump’s associates.
Kolarski reiterated that the letter addressed the proposal presented by President Duda at NATO headquarters, in which he formally requested that the NATO summit in The Hague make a decision to increase the minimum threshold of defense spending to 3% of GDP. According to Kolarski, this issue was one of the key topics raised in the letter to President Trump, as he explained during an interview with Polskie Radio.
Kolarski also noted that the letter included a reference to an invitation extended to Donald Trump during his meeting with President Duda in Washington.
“The invitation concerns either the NATO summit or another future date that would be suitable for the President of the United States,”
Kolarski stated.
Trump’s Possible Visit to Poland
When asked about the possibility of Donald Trump visiting Poland, the head of the International Policy Bureau emphasized that April had been considered as one of the potential dates.
“The U.S. side informed us at the beginning of the year that an April visit might be difficult due to the president’s schedule,”
Kolarski said.
He further assessed that a visit in June appears more likely, as it coincides with the NATO summit. This, he suggested, could provide an opportunity for a meeting with President Trump in Warsaw.
Poland’s Participation in Nuclear Sharing Serves U.S. Interests
During the conversation with Kolarski, the topic of Nuclear Sharing also emerged. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, President Duda called on the U.S. to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland as a deterrent against potential Russian aggression.
Ahead of the weekend, U.S. Vice President JD Vance commented on this proposal, stating that while he had not discussed it with Donald Trump, he “would be shocked if Trump supported the further spread of nuclear weapons into Eastern Europe.”
Kolarski responded by recalling a similar situation from 2015:
“I remember that in 2015, then-President-elect Andrzej Duda told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about the necessity of stationing NATO troops in Poland. At the time, Poland was a NATO member, but no NATO forces were deployed in the country. The reaction then was similar to what we see today from the U.S. Vice President. This is politics—it is a process. One must set political goals and work toward achieving them.”
He stressed that Poland’s participation in Nuclear Sharing strengthens its security and, by extension, serves U.S. interests.
President Andrzej Duda first publicly mentioned Poland’s potential involvement in the Nuclear Sharing program in a 2022 interview with Gazeta Polska.