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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump forced to set Hegseth move straight after Poland troop deployment blunder

President Donald Trump has reversed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to cancel deployment of 5,000 U.S. troops to a base in Poland, citing the election of a president aligned with the right-wing Law and Justice party last August.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump said he was “pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland” and added that he was doing so “based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki.”

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