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Trump on Russia’s incursion into NATO: ‘Here we go!’


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“What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones?” Trump asked in a short post on Truth Social. “Here we go!”

The brief mention of the incident — and the vague suggestion of continued fallout — came as US officials were digesting the overnight events, when more than a dozen Russian drones entered Polish airspace, spurring a response from NATO to scramble fighter jets to shoot them down.

The incident amounted to a str

Amid growing frustration with Putin, Trump has said he’s ready to apply new sa

Poland is also waiting for its purchase of F-35s. The initial four are due to arrive in January, but there is a hope that their delivery could possibly be expedited.

Poland would like to see deployment combined with some sort of economic tools, the official said, adding that they are eagerly waiting to find out what Trump’s “here we go” post means. The official noted the EU is ready to go with an additional sanctions package.

Trump last week hosted Nawrocki in the Oval Office, where the US leader pledged his continued support for Poland, and even said he’d be open to sending additional US troops to the country amid questions of his commitment to an American military presence along NATO’s eastern flank.

“We’ll put more there if they want,” Trump said during that meeting. “But they’ve long wanted to have a larger presence. We have some countries that have more — not too many. But no, they’ll be staying in Poland. We’re very much aligned with Poland.”

nctions on Moscow, but hasn’t detailed what measures he’s considering. And, so far, he hasn’t applied any new punishments beyond an additional trade penalty on India over its transactions with Russia.

Trump spoke Wednesday afternoon with Poland President Karol Nawrocki, according to a statement the Polish leader posted on social media. “Today’s talks confirmed allied unity,” he said.

Nawrocki was expected to discuss faster and additional deployment of assets with Trump, a Polish official told CNN ahead of the call.

Among the assets Poland could specifically request is a US Patriot battery to be deployed on the Polish-Ukrainian border. The US redeployed the battery that had been at Rzeszów, and the one currently operating there is German, the official noted.

iking escalation of Russia’s conflict in neighboring Ukraine, which Trump has sought unsuccessfully to end. Twenty-six days after his high-profile meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, there appears to be little progress toward ending the war.