The presidents of Lithuania and Poland issued a joint offer to U.S. President Donald Trump on May 6th.
Following Trump’s announcement to withdraw at least 5,000 troops from Germany, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda and Polish President Karol Nawrocki signaled they are ready to fulfill all infrastructure commitments to host those forces on the front lines of NATO’s eastern flank.
The move comes amidst a deepening diplomatic rift: Trump’s decision to pull troops follows German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s public assessment that the U.S. is being humiliated by Iran in the ongoing Middle East conflict.
With Spain already refusing the use of its bases for the war effort, the Baltic and Polish leaders are positioning themselves as Washington’s most loyal—and high-spending—partners in a rapidly fracturing alliance.
