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  • President Karol Nawrocki said he hopes the US will finalize plans to establish a permanent military base in Poland, to be called ‘Fort Trump.’

  • Nawrocki is confident that a decision is “just a question of time” and he’d like construction to be completed before President Donald Trump’s term ends.

  • The idea of a permanent US base was first floated by Nawrocki’s predecessor Andrzej Duda in 2018, and officials in Warsaw have redoubled their efforts to lock in a presence for US troops since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

  • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    361·
    12 days ago

    Appealing to his ego is a smart move. It’s ridiculous that this is the approach most likely to succeed but you play the hand you’re dealt.

    • redlemace@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      12 days ago

      Appealing to his ego is a smart move.

      Don’t know about smart, but It’s the only way to get his attention. I don’t believe Poland get to name the base but suggesting it gets his attention. If they build it, I’d sure hope it’s will be finished after Trump’s term so the can reconsider the name. Having something named after Trump in Europe makes me puke.

      • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        12 days ago

        Maybe a brave chunk of cholesterol will do the world a favor and it’ll be the Donald J. Trump Memorial Fort and Sewage Treatment Plant.

      • officermike@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        12 days ago

        Having something named after Trump in Europe makes me puke.

        He has two golf properties in Scotland and one in Ireland.

      • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        I’d sure hope it’s will be finished after Trump’s term so the can reconsider the name.

        I don’t think Trump’s term will end in any other way than by his death, regardless of when that will happen, and then his successors will either name it after him in his memory, or will name it after themselves. So instead of Fort Trump, we might be getting a “J.D. Vance army barracks and couch emporium”, or, if the succession goes more the way of a hereditary monarchy, it’ll still be named after a Trump, just a different one.

    • motionofethre@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      12 days ago

      I’ve been trying to tell people this for a while, but we rant about how much the narcissistic billionaires suck (true). But if truly believe they are narcissistic, why don’t we leverage that narcissism to get the right thing done?

      “Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.” Isaac Asimov

  • MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dkEnglish
    18·
    12 days ago

    I think it is only reasonable that the americans get to name or rename as much as possible after trump. That way the world will remember how they elected the worst fucking person in the world fucking twice long after he is gone.

  • susieq0044@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    112·
    12 days ago

    Actually, I am from Poland, and I striongly oppose this idea. The defense of great polish nation is serious business, and Putin very dangerous dictator. Sure, Any military base in Poland should be named after USA dignitary, such as Jackson, Coolidge or Roseveldt. But Trümp means in polish “flaccid” or “limp” !!! And in England it means “flatulence”. That bad signal towards “madvlad” !!! Perhaps we call the new base “the Donald barracks” or “base orange” - or “Łyżka spermy”-camp, as we kindly call the great 49th president here in Warsaw!