Stanislav Čerkas 🇨🇿🇺🇦🇪🇺Poland Wants <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/US?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> Nuclear Weapons – Will Trump Stand Against Russia?<br>
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Polish President Andrzej Duda has once again raised the issue of deploying <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/USA?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> nuclear warheads on Polish soil. This proposal, first suggested in 2022, aims to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank and serve as a deterrent against <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Russia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> aggression. However, the big question remains: will the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/USpol?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>, under <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Trump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s leadership, approve this move? Doubts are more than justified.<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DonaldTrump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> has never hidden his admiration for dictators and autocrats. He is fascinated by their unchecked power, and this influences his foreign policy decisions. Instead of reinforcing <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Europe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a>’s security, he is more likely to seek "deals" with Putin, as he has done before. If that happens, Europe will be left with no choice but to stand on its own and look for more reliable allies.<br>
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Deploying nuclear weapons in Poland could also provoke a predictable Russian response. History repeats itself—just like during the Cold War, the Kremlin might attempt to place its own warheads in Cuba or elsewhere in Latin America. Is this realistic? Partially, yes. But let’s not forget that Russia’s military has struggled for three years to complete what was supposed to be a three-day operation in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Ukraine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>. A direct confrontation with NATO would be an entirely different challenge, one that Russia is unlikely to win.<br>
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Europe must ask itself: should we continue relying on Washington’s unpredictable decisions, or is it time to start building our own defense capabilities? A federalized <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/EU?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> and an independent European security strategy could be the answer to an increasingly uncertain geopolitical landscape. Perhaps the time has come for Europe to stop playing second fiddle and step up as a true global power.<br>
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What do you think? Should <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NATO?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NATO</a> approve <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Poland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poland</a>’s proposal, or is this an unnecessary escalation?