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Poland’s Duda criticised for chat with Trump in Washington – Euractiv
WARSAW – Polish President Andrzej Duda faced criticism from the ruling coalition over his meeting with Donald Trump in Washington at a conservative event, with many politicians suggesting that the US leader had snubbed his Polish counterpart.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Convention Centre in National Harbor, near Washington, for a 10-minute conversation that touched on the US military presence in Poland and ending the war in Ukraine, Duda said.
“Backstage at CPAC, President Trump met with President Andrzej Duda of Poland and reaffirmed our close alliance. President Trump also praised President Andrzej Duda for Poland’s commitment to increase their defence spending,” the White House wrote on X.
“There is no fear that the US presence in Poland will decrease. Donald Trump said he would rather expect an increase in the US presence with regard to Poland,” Duda told reporters after the meeting.
In his conversation with Trump, Duda said he tried to stress the strategic importance of NATO’s eastern flank. He also mentioned that he told Pete Hegseth that Poland should move forward with the “Fort Trump” project.
Unveiled in 2018, ‘Fort Trump’ was Poland’s proposal for a permanent US military base on its territory, although the project is yet to be implemented.
According to Duda, Trump acknowledged the project and reassured him that there was no reason for concern as “Poland is one of the most credible allies”, both militarily and economically.
A ‘Slap in the face’
Duda’s visit was criticised by the ruling coalition.
Marcin Bosacki, a Civic Platform MP and member of the parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, condemned the lack of professionalism in the organisation of the meeting, pointing to the long wait and short conversation.
Even though the idea of a Duda-Trump meeting was laudable, “everything was done wrong,” he said on X.
“The Polish president did not present Poland’s position, either at the CPAC conference or […] during a joint press briefing with Trump,” he wrote, adding that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, meanwhile, “used the opportunity to present his own – pro-Russian and anti-European – views.”
“Duda went to the US as a head of state, not as a representative of PiS [the party he used to belong to],” Civic Platform MEP Krzysztof Brejza told Radio Zet, adding that Duda should be treated with the seriousness he deserves and that the visit should have been better planned.
Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, an MEP of the New Left party, pointed out that although the brief meeting could be perceived as a “slap in the face”, any such meeting was valuable in the current situation. “I would urge caution with emotions, because in reality we don’t know what was discussed during the meeting,” she told Radio Zet.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk also said the situation should be treated seriously.
“There is nothing to laugh about. Let’s be serious because the [security] situation is getting really serious,” he said.
‘A friend is not belittled’
The secretary of state in the president’s office, Andrzej Dera, told Polsat News on Sunday that he didn’t think the fact that the conversation was brief indicated a lack of respect for the Polish president, noting that Trump had referred to Duda as a friend.
“A friend is not belittled […] You speak differently with a friend. There’s no need for long hours of negotiations or talks; with a friend, you speak directly and to the point,” he said.
Dera also commented on a post by Donald Tusk, which he saw as a veiled mockery.
“He continuously shows his spitefulness and immaturity in what he does, because the post may seem serious, but it also reveals something that shouldn’t be happening,” he assessed.
Tusk’s government has a frosty relationship with Duda, whom it accuses of favouring his old party, the consevative PiS. It hopes the May elections, in which Duda cannot run for another term due to constitutional limits, will allow it to gain full power in Poland.
The current mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, who is running for president as the candidate of Tusk’s Civic Platform (PO, EPP), is leading the presidential polls ahead of PiS’s Karol Nawrocki.
(Aleksandra Krzysztoszek | Euractiv.pl)
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office released video of deputies using a drone to track down a man wanted for damaging a car.
On Saturday, May 30, a 911 caller reported a man damaging a car outside their home on Southwest 179th Avenue in Aloha. The sheriff’s office said it was reported the suspect, 21-year-old Santos Paulino Castro-Ramirez, was punching the car.
Deputies used a drone to follow the suspect as he ran toward Southwest Barcelona Lane. The sheriff’s office said Castro-Ramirez then entered a white SUV that did not belong to him on SW Barcelona.
Deputies arrested Castro-Ramirez. He was booked into the Washington County Jail for first-degree burglary and attempt to commit a crime – second-degree theft.
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Beirut, Lebanon – On Tuesday, representatives from Lebanon and Israel met at the US Department of State in Washington, DC – the first session of a two-day round of negotiations that Lebanese negotiators hope will end an invasion of their country.
The negotiations, which started at 9am local time (13:00 GMT), come as Israel’s invasion of Lebanon pushes deeper than at any point since the year 2000 and as Hezbollah and Israel continue to trade attacks. Israel has killed 3,468 people in Lebanon since March 2, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
With the war raging on, what do Lebanon and Israel have to discuss and will the talks lead to an end of the Israeli assault?
Here’s everything you need to know.
What will Israel and Lebanon discuss?
Similar to past meetings, the two sides are ostensibly looking to come to some kind of deal following fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, with strong doubts it will be achieved.
Lebanon’s government is still pushing for a total ceasefire. However, as talks started, Israel was striking various parts of southern Lebanon. Lebanon is also trying to get Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory in the south, so that more than 1.2 million displaced people can return home, and so the state can resume finding a way to disarm Hezbollah and rebuild areas devastated by Israeli attacks.
Israel is meanwhile looking to get assurances that Lebanon will disarm Hezbollah, a prospect analysts say Israel knows is complicated by the continuation of its military operations and occupation of swaths of southern Lebanon. Instead, Israel appears to be trying to fuel sectarian tensions inside Lebanon, leading to chaos and internal strife.
What has happened so far?
An initial meeting took place in April between Israel and Lebanon’s ambassadors to the United States. A second round took place in May with a larger delegation on both sides.
On Friday, a meeting took place with Lebanese and Israeli military representatives, while Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese group, is not involved in the meetings.
Israel claimed the two sides found common ground in that they both wanted to see Hezbollah disarmed. Some Israeli officials suggested there may soon be trade agreements and an exchange of tourists between the two countries. Lebanon, however, said it preferred to find a deal closer to the 1949 armistice agreement between the two countries.
In the last meeting, Beirut reportedly outlined the damage done by Israeli attacks since the 2024 ceasefire agreement and presented detailed maps showing homes destroyed or razed by Israel.
Is there a chance for a ceasefire?
That remains to be seen, but for now, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country’s military would continue attacking Lebanon.
On Monday, Netanyahu announced that attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs would resume, despite a ceasefire. Apart from two targeted attacks, Israel has not struck the suburbs, known as Dahiyeh, since April.
Iran, which has attempted to include Lebanon in a wider ceasefire between themselves, on one side, and Israel and the US on the other, then intervened by threatening to attack northern Israel.
US President Donald Trump reportedly intervened to stop Israel’s attacks. He announced another ceasefire, after his previous announcement of one between Israel and Lebanon on April 16, after claiming he had gotten the approval of Netanyahu and spoken to Hezbollah.
“There will be no troops going to Beirut, and any troops that are on their way have already been turned back,” Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social.
But attacks from Israel and Hezbollah are continuing.
How do Lebanese people feel about the talks?
Not everyone is on the same page.
Some Lebanese support the talks and say they are the only option the state, which has little leverage, has. Among those who believe direct talks are the best way forward are Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
“There is no option other than negotiation,” Aoun said in a statement on Tuesday.
Others, however, oppose direct talks. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and his allies, Hezbollah, have said indirect talks are preferred and that negotiations cannot be conducted while attacks are ongoing.
How are Iran and the US connected?
Israel and the US attacked Iran on February 28, killing the country’s longtime leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran is Hezbollah’s primary benefactor, and two days after Khamenei’s assassination, Hezbollah fired six rockets towards Israel on 2 March.
Hezbollah’s response brought a huge response from Israel, who have crossed the Litani River – the supposed buzzer zone in southern Lebanon it had created – towards the Zahrani River.
Despite a 2024 ceasefire, Israel had never stopped attacking Lebanon, while Hezbollah had only responded once in December 2024.
Iran has attempted to include Lebanon in the ceasefire deal it has with the United States and Israel, who say this theatre is not part of the agreement.
Although Trump has now announced a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel twice, the invasion of southern Lebanon continues.
Are there other actors involved?
Gulf states have also intervened. Saudi Arabia has been working behind the scenes to get Lebanon’s leadership – Aoun, Salam and Berri – on the same page. Meanwhile, analysts say Saudi Arabia and Qatar engaged the Trump administration to stop an escalation in Lebanon.
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