Statement by the US president contradicts recent speech about US military reduction in Europe
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) authorities reacted with surprise, this Friday (May 22, 2026), to the announcement by the President of the United States, Donald Trump (Republican Party), to send 5,000 North American soldiers to Poland. The information is from .
The measure was published on Thursday (May 21), on the Truth Social network, and contradicts recent statements by the North American president about a possible reduction in the US military presence in Europe.
“It’s really confusing and not always easy to navigate”said Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Ministers from the Netherlands and Norway defended that decisions on military positioning be taken in a coordinated manner between the allies. Latvian Chancellor Baiba Braže said that member countries already expected a review of US military strategy.
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen stated that Washington remains the main member of the alliance. “The United States is not withdrawing, on the contrary”, he declared.
TRUMP SENDS TROOPS
Trump announced, on Thursday (May 21, 2026), that the country will send an additional 5,000 soldiers to Poland. The statement, made through a publication on the social network Truth Social, comes 2 days after the American vice-president, JD Vance, informed in a conversation with journalists that the deployment of troops had been postponed, according to a report by Reuters.
“Based on the successful election of the current President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to support, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that the U.S. will deploy an additional 5,000 troops to Poland.”said Trump.
Nawrocki responded to Trump’s announcement on his official X profile. He thanked the American president “for friendship with Poland and for decisions whose practical impact we see very clearly today”.
