[RYAN ROBERTSON]
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN UKRAINE, POLAND DOESN’T WANT TO BE INVADED BY RUSSIA EVER AGAIN. SO, ITS PRESIDENT IS ASKING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO PUT SOME OF THE U-S NUCLEAR ARSENAL IN POLAND.
IT’S A MOVE MOSCOW WILL NO DOUBT CALL A PROVOCATION BUT POLAND’S LEADER SAYS IT’S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
PRESIDENT ANDRZEJ DUDA TELLS THE FINANCIAL TIMES IT’S “OBVIOUS” PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP COULD SEND AMERICAN NUCLEAR WARHEADS CURRENTLY IN WESTERN EUROPE OR THE U-S TO POLAND. HE SAYS THE ACTION IS NEEDED
BECAUSE NATO’S BORDERS MOVED EASTWARD SINCE 1999.
“I THINK IT’S NOT ONLY THAT THE TIME HAS COME” SAYS DUDA…” BUT THAT IT WOULD BE SAFER IF THOSE WEAPONS WERE ALREADY HERE.”
DUDA’S REQUEST IS INLINE WITH HIS ATTEMPTS TO CONVINCE TRUMP TO RESTART A NUCLEAR SHARING PROJECT REJECTED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN 2022.
THE POLISH PRESIDENT SAYS IT’S ULTIMATELY UP TO THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHETHER TO DEPLOY U-S NUKES– BUT POINTS OUT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN DID MOVE TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO BELARUS–A FIERCE MOSCOW ALLY THAT SHARES A BORDER WITH POLAND.
DUDA’S REQUEST FOR NUKES COMES AS POLAND AND OTHER NATO NATIONS ARE FEARFUL A POTENTIAL CEASEFIRE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE COULD EMBOLDEN MOSCOW, MAKING IT A BIGGER THREAT TO THEIR BORDERS.
DUDA ALSO ENDORSED HIS PRIME MINISTER’S SUGGESTION THE COUNTRY COULD TURN TO FRANCE FOR NUCLEAR ASSISTANCE…BUT STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING POLAND SHOULD BUILD UP ITS OWN NUCLEAR ARSENAL BECAUSE DEVELOPING WARSAW’S NUCLEAR CAPACITY WOULD “TAKE DECADES.”
IF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND/OR FRANCE ULTIMATELY SAYS NO TO DUDA THE UNITED KINGDOM COULD BE ANOTHER OPTION… AS IT’S THE ONLY OTHER NUCLEAR POWER IN EUROPE,
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