Naming US military base in Poland 'Fort Trump' humiliating and risky, says Sikorski
Polish Foreign Minister criticizes the proposal to name a new US military base after Donald Trump.
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Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski criticized the proposal to name a new US military base in Poland 'Fort Trump', calling it humiliating and risky, while suggesting it be named after Ronald Reagan instead.
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Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz presented a proposal to open a new permanent base for US troops in Poland.
MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. Naming a new US military base in Poland after American President Donald Trump is humiliating and risky, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Thursday.
"It’s beyond any respect. In my opinion, a proposal to name it [the military base under incumbent US President Donald Trump] 'Fort Trump' is a demonstration of humiliation," Poland’s RMF24 radio broadcaster quoted Sikorski as saying.
"On the other hand, it is risky," Sikorski stated, adding that he would have rather named the new military base "after [Ronald] Reagan," the 40th president of the United States.
On June 3, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz presented US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth with an official proposal to open a new permanent base for US troops in Poland.
The cost of building the military base that may house roughly 5,000 military personnel could amount to more than 10 billion Zlotys (about $2.6 billion).
Open Questions
- Will the US military base be officially named Fort Trump?
