{"id":2405598,"date":"2025-02-22T17:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polands-duda-meets-with-trump-on-sidelines-of-cpac-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T17:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T22:40:14","slug":"polands-duda-meets-with-trump-on-sidelines-of-cpac-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polands-duda-meets-with-trump-on-sidelines-of-cpac-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland\u2019s Duda meets with Trump on sidelines of CPAC &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolands-duda-meets-with-trump-on-sidelines-of-cpac-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2405598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During \u200dthe\u200d Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held\u2064 outside\u2064 Washington, D.C., Polish President Andrzej \u200cDuda met with U.S. President Donald trump. The meeting\u2063 occurred just before Trump&#8217;s address \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-the-survivor-no-weapon-formed-against-him-3\/\" title=\"Trump, the Survivor \u2013 No Weapon Formed Against Him\">conference attendees<\/a>. The White House \u2064provided a brief\u2063 summary of the encounter, highlighting\u2062 the strong \u200balliance between the two nations adn commending\u2062 Poland&#8217;s commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">increasing defense\u200d spending<\/a>. Trump also \u2062praised Duda in \u200chis speech at CPAC, describing him\u200b as a &#8220;fantastic man&#8221; and a close\u200b friend. Poland has been supportive of Trump\u2019s call for NATO \u200dallies to boost\u200d their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"... Releases List of ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">defense spending<\/a> from 2%\u200d to an ambitious \u200d5% of gross domestic \u200bproduct. This meeting marks Duda as the first\u2062 European leader to engage with Trump\u2064 since his \u2064inauguration in January.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Poland&rsquo;s Duda meets with Trump on sidelines of CPAC<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2016261\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Polish President Andrzej Duda met with U.S. President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> shortly before the latter gave his speech to attendees of the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cpac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Conservative Political Action Conference<\/a> just outside Washington, D.C., on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The White House <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1893390051301577215\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> photos of the meeting on X, which show the two leaders together, with Trump flanked by his national security adviser, Mike Waltz.<\/p>\n<p>In a short summary of the meeting, the White House said, &ldquo;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&rsquo;s commitment to increase their defense spending.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also later praised Duda in his CPAC speech, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-administration-news-02-22-25\/index.html?t=1740259477075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"calling\">calling<\/a> the Polish president &ldquo;a fantastic man, and a great friend of mine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Poland is a close ally of the United States and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/poland-backs-trump-calls-to-ramp-up-nato-defense-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"publicly supported\">publicly supported<\/a> Trump&rsquo;s call for NATO countries to increase their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product. That goal was previously set at 2%, a goal that 24 of the 32 countries in NATO have met.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before Trump&rsquo;s inauguration, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz cast aside criticism of Trump&rsquo;s NATO defense spending proposal, saying the U.S. president &ldquo;should not be criticized for setting a really ambitious target because otherwise there will be some countries that will continue to debate whether more spending is really needed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, he acknowledged that it was ambitious and &ldquo;will take another decade&rdquo; to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Duda&rsquo;s meeting with Trump makes him the first European leader to meet with the U.S. president since Trump took office in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2016261\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2016261\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland&#8217;s Duda meets Trump before CPAC speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2405599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-duda-meeting-cpac-sidelines.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23587,11622,3634],"class_list":["post-2405598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-duda","tag-poland","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-duda-meeting-cpac-sidelines.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2405602,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405598\/revisions\/2405602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2405599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}