From Criticism to Cooperation: Poland’s Leaders Shift Tone on Trump’s Victory

Today they offer their congratulations and declare their willingness to work with the new US president. But until now, politicians of the 13th December coalition government in Poland have over the years outdone themselves in attacking, hectoring, and insulting Donald Trump. Donald Tusk wrote that one Donald in politics is enough. Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski mocked the Polish-American alliance. In turn, his wife compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler a few weeks ago. The U.S. president-elect has repeatedly declared pro-Polish policies on energy issues, deterring the Russian Federation, and the Three Seas Initiative. How will Poland’s relations with the United States look now?