Posted on 07/05/2017 4:09:23 PM PDT by simpson96
(Full article title: "Trump is welcomed in Warsaw ahead of speech to thousands bused in by the government – as ordinary Poles say 'anyone who Merkel and Putin don't like is good news for us'")
The nation of Poland prepared a hero's welcome for U.S. President Donald Trump in advance of his Wednesday night arrival in Warsaw. But the Polish government executed a decidedly understated ceremony to greet Air Force One at Chopin Airport.
Lawmakers in the formerly communist nation see in Trump a mirror of their own brand of nationalism that has seen many Poles bristle against an iron-fisted European Union centered on Germany.
Among the European nations, Poland is one of the holdouts against the notion of resettling massive numbers of foreigners.
'The Polish government has the same position as Americans — we want strict restrictions on refugees,” legislator Krzysztof Mróz told The Wall Street Journal.
For Trump's arrival, President Andrzej Duda sent his top aides to put on a far smaller affair than the all-out pomp and circumstance that awaited the U.S. leader in Saudi Arabia when he deplaned on his first foreign presidential trip six weeks ago.
Instead of a lengthy rifle-bearing honor guard, the president saw only 10 Polish military members at attention.
A red carpet, his signature Cadillac limousine nicknamed 'The Beast,' and a smallish retinue of Polish officials – one bearing a bouquet of flowers for first lady Melania Trump – were waiting.
Foreign Affairs Minister Witold Waszczykowski, and Minister of State Krzysztof Szczerski led the delegation, with U.S. Ambassador Paul Jones in tow.
While White House staff and reporters filed out through a rear door, the president and Mrs. Trump descended a staircase to greet the smallish welcoming party.
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They keep making a big deal about the buses. Were these Poles FORCED onto the bus?
I must have missed that little detail. Providing a convenient method of transport to the event is considerate, and also good security.
Glad to see him make Poland his first European stop.
Wow, never heard that regarding the protestors here in the U.S..........
Only George Soros can pack buses.
The Ministry of Propaganda needed a negative spin and this was the best they could do.
The Poles want to keep their country, same as the people who elected Donald Trump.
The Eastern European countries know what Islam really is and don’t want it.
I see they did not make President Trump climb down from the rear of the plane, like somebody else I know of.
With Obama it was all spontaneous. With President Trump it’s all contrived! MSM right on cue.
That “bussed” comment by the Daily Mail rubbed me the wrong way, too.
They sound like anti-Trump Brits over there at the Daily Mail.
If some bus company provided transportation last year to bus me to a Trump rally, I would have been quite happy.
My favorite polish figure. Jan Sobieski defeated Islamic forces Sept. 11 1683 at Vienna. Sobieski ended their dream of European domination . (Until today's modern day Islamic invasion actually being encouraged by Europe's treasonous leadership)
Trump looks good without the red tie
LOL! I guess a bunch of us were bused in to his last stop in Mobile, Al too - we parked in designated shopping center parking lots and got on buses to go to the stadium......
Thanks for those pictures with the monument. What an inspiring setting.
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