The US and Poland are currently at a diplomatic standoff that has led Washington to cut all ties with the speaker of the Polish lower house of parliament.
The scandal became public on Thursday, when the US Ambassador to Poland, Tom Rose, said that the US “will no longer have any dealings, communications, or communications” with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the speaker of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish legislature.
Rose said this was done as a “provocative and gratuitous insult” against US President Donald Trump.
Rose did not specify what the insults were but said Czarzasty “made himself a major obstacle to our good relationship with Prime Minister Tusk and his government.”
“We will not allow anyone to harm US-Poland relations, or disrespect @realDonaldTrump, who has done so much for Poland and the Polish people,” Rose said on his social media account.
When another user based in Poland told Rose to “stop getting involved in Polish politics and domestic affairs,” Rose responded, “Anyone who insults and belittles my president is interfering in my politics!! You don’t tolerate insults and neither do we.”
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Czarzasty later said in the post that the dispute arose because of his refusal to support Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, which Trump publicly said he thought he should receive.
“According to my values, I stood up for the Polish soldiers who were fighting in the expedition and I did not support the nomination of President @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Czarzasty said.
The speaker added that although he respects the US as an important partner of Poland, he will not change his position on this matter.
Czarzasty is one of the leaders of the leftist party in the liberal government led by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
The conflict escalated when Tusk investigated the matter, telling Rose on social media that “supporters should respect each other, not talk to each other, to each other.”
“At least this is how we, here in Poland, understand cooperation,” Tusk said, prompting Czarzasty to thank him for his support.
Since Trump took office, Poland has had to walk a fine line between protecting its European allies while not upsetting its most powerful ally, the United States, on which peace in neighboring Ukraine depends.
Rose said Tusk’s response was “clear and well-defined” but said it was “definitely” aimed at Czarzasty. The ambassador told Tusk that Czarzasty’s “insulting, disrespectful and defamatory remarks about President Trump” would be “dangerous” for the Polish government.
He went on to say that he has “nothing but great respect and admiration” for Tusk, calling him “an exemplary partner and best friend of the United States.”
“And I know you agree that insulting and humiliating the president of the United States @realDonaldTrump – the best friend he ever had in the White House, is the last thing any Polish leader should do,” he added.
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