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Trump
on Poland and
Polish
Americans.
Donald Trump,
Republican
candidate for
the President
of the United
States, spoke
to the
Polish-American
Congress,
representatives
of 10 million
Polish
Americans, on
28 September
in Chicago.
Mr. Trump's
powerful
speech focused
on the
security of
Poland. He
said:
"I pledge to
you that the
Trump
administration
will be a
true, true
friend to
Poland and to
all Polish
Americans"
"As president,
I will honor
Poland's
sacrifices for
freedom.
We're
committed to a
strong Poland,
very
committed,
totally
committed, and
a strong
Eastern
Europe, as a
bulwark for
security and
liberty. "
Regarding the
security of
Europe, Trump
stated that:
"Poland is
one of only
five NATO
nations,
countries,
that's
actually
paying two
percent of GDP
to provide for
their
defense." Trump
stressed that
"we want NATO
to be strong,
which means we
want more
countries to
follow the
example of
Poland."
He added that
"if every
country in
NATO made the
same
contributions
as Poland, all
of our allies
would be more
secure and
people would
feel better
even better
about NATO."
He promised
that,"
we'll work
with Poland on
strengthening
NATO when I am
President. We
will
strengthen
NATO"
Implying the
damage of
Yalta, Reset,
and other
appeasement
policies that
sacrificed
Poland to
Russia, he
added "and
I will tell
you, I will
never let you
down."
Trump
praised the
Polish
Government for
sensible
policies with
regard to
refugees from
the Middle
East. He noted
that the
Polish
Government
does not look
at the
"refugee
issue" in a
vacuum but
sees it from
the
perspective of
an
uncontrolled
deluge of
refugees to
Europe and of
terror
attacks.
Trump
criticized
Hillary
Clinton
because
she "wants to
bring in
refugees from
Syria at a
rate of 550%
more than
Obama who's
bringing them
in by the
thousands and
thousands and
thousands."
Trump added
that while
"campaigning
for his wife,
Bill Clinton
attacked
Poland,
saying,
"Democracy is
too much
trouble,"
which was an
interesting
statement,
wasn't it?
Democracy is
too much
trouble. And
-- for Poland,
apparently,
because he --
he disagreed
with Poland's
opposition to
bringing in
refugees. And
yet his wife
wants to bring
in refuges
from Syria at
a rate of 550
percent more
than Obama,
who's bringing
them in the by
thousands and
thousands and
thousands. "
"So
the -- Bill
Clinton made
that
statement. And
he talked
about -- for
Poland. And
all of the
time, I'm
talking about,
we can't allow
people to come into
this country
from other
parts of the
world that we
don't know who
they are,
where they
come from,
what their
intentions
are, and all
you have to do
is take a look
at what
happened,
whether it's
in New York or
whether it's
in San
Bernardino or
whether it's
in Orlando or,
frankly, you
can go outside
of the country
very nicely,
also. Paris
and Nice, and
all of the
different
places.
Germany, look
what's
happening in
Germany. It's
a disaster.
And yet Bill
Clinton will
make a
horrible
statement or
like that,
concerning
Poland."
It
is worth
mentioning
that Poland
has over 500
years of
democratic
experience,
more than any
nation in
Europe.
In
the last two
years, Poland
accepted over
a million
Ukrainian
refugees and
migrants, due
to the
Russian
supported
conflict in
eastern
Ukraine.
Donald
Trump also
promised to
adopt the Visa
Waiver Program
for Poland
that would
allow Polish
tourists to
travel
visa-free to
the US, the
same as other
European Union
members.
In a
remarks
preceding
Donald Trump's
speech, former
New York City
Mayor Rudy
Giuliani
assured Polish
American
leaders that
the Trump
Administration
will practice
"peace through
strength" by
using a tough,
President
Reagan-style
type of
negotiations.
Rudy Giuliani
criticized
Hilary
Clinton, the
former
Secretary of
State, for
incompetent
and weak
foreign
policy, for
abandoning
missile
defense
project in
Poland and the
Czech
Republic, and
for faulty
reset policy
toward Russia.
Giuliani
stated "you
can be sure
when Donald
Trump will be
elected as
President of
the U.S.,
Poland will
have,
once again, a
totally
reliable ally
in the USA."
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