Donald Tusk has long been engaged in imitation — he imitates the role of the prime minister of the Polish government, while more and more indications suggest that he is merely a pawn, a not-very-seriously-treated servant of Chancellor Merz and Brussels dignitaries.
Imitations create an artificial world around themselves, while simultaneously simulating the profession of true ideas and pretending to develop real programs for the country.
So far, this renewed simulation of performing the duties of prime minister is going quite well for Tusk, and, as it turns out, there are plenty of people in Poland who believe in staged actions and hollow declarations in place of genuine convictions. The simulation of Polishness in this government is becoming increasingly superficial and produces no practical consequences. Instead, we are receiving a set of anti-Polish actions in practice. In an attempt to more effectively mask the true effects of his policies, Tusk announced the so-called Five Commandments of a Pole. It is rather like some regional lackey of Bismarck attempting to teach honor to those who can clearly see the devil’s tail peeking out from beneath his vestments.
Using the basic principles of formal logic, we can quickly dismantle these homemade propaganda charges.
First, Tusk thunders: “Do not repeat the lies of Russian propaganda.” Yet in practice, both he and Sikorski do everything possible to place us in the least favorable position toward Moscow. Poland is not capable of defeating Putin’s imperial ambitions, but it can at least try to diplomatically redirect the point of his spear. Instead, Tusk resorts to fearmongering — as if he has forgotten that it was he who handed over the investigation of the Smolensk catastrophe to Putin, who patted him on the back.
Next, he commands: “Do not undermine trust in the Polish services and the Polish army, and do not interfere with their work.” And yet it was he — together with director Holland, actress Kurdej-Szatan, and the lout Frasyniuk — who insulted Polish uniforms and Polish soldiers, doing everything they could to hinder their operations.
One can only laugh bitterly when hearing: “Do not weaken the state through legislative sabotage, including the modern liberum veto.” These words come from a man who violates the constitution, incites judges, and dismantles every institution of an independent Polish state.
Perhaps in the proclamation: “Do not undermine European unity; stand with a strong West, not with Russia,” there lies a grain of honesty, because prayers offered to Brussels are the only sincere ritual within his political circles. A clown who aims at the back of the West’s leader — Donald Trump — lectures others about not supporting Russia. Not supporting it, while his political patron Merz can barely contain his eagerness to resume profitable dealings with Moscow.
And finally, Tusk declares: “Stand with Ukraine with no ‘buts’; every such ‘but’ serves Russia.” This already sounds entirely anti-Polish.
We are to stand unconditionally by Ukraine, deaf to the cries of history regarding Banderism and the Volhynia massacres, and engage in mental acrobatics to avoid noticing the takeover of Polish companies by Ukrainian oligarchs — oligarchs who care nothing for Polish interests and launder funds stolen from Ukrainian soldiers and from international aid.
Tusk imitates Polish slogans, possessing neither the conviction nor even the sensitivity or understanding required to do so.