What’s behind the online diplomatic spat between the U.S. and Poland?
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The spat became public when U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose said the U.S. will have 'no further dealings' with the speaker of the lower house of the Polish legislature.
The U.S. and Poland are currently in a diplomatic spat that resulted in Washington cutting all ties with the speaker of the lower house of the Polish legislature.
The spat became public Thursday, when U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose said the U.S. will have “no further dealings, contacts, or communications” with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the speaker of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish legislature.
Rose said this was being done over “outrageous and unprovoked insults” directed against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Rose did not specify what those insults were but said Czarzasty had “made himself a serious impediment to our excellent relations with Prime Minister Tusk and his government.”
“We will not permit anyone to harm U.S.–Polish relations, nor disrespect @realDonaldTrump, who has done so much for Poland and the Polish people,” Rose said in his social media post.
When one user based in Poland told Rose to “stop getting involved in Polish politics and domestic affairs,” Rose replied with, “Anyone who insults and denigrates my president is interfering in my politics!! You do not tolerate being insulted and neither will we.”
Czarzasty later said in a post the dispute arose from his refusal to support Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, which Trump has publicly said he thinks he should receive.
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