TRUMP TRIUMPH – AT 8:47 A.M. ET:  President Trump has made a triumphant entry into Poland, a country that admires America and strong American leadership.  Leftist "intellectuals" need not apply.  From Daily Mail:

President Donald Trump spoke to thousands of cheering Poles in Warsaw on Thursday, calling their nation 'the geographic heart of Europe' and praising their countrymen for shaking off both Nazi oppressors and Russian occupiers in the last century.

'That's trouble. That's tough,' he exclaimed.

'In those dark days, you have lost your land but you never lost your pride.'

Trump delivered his address in Krasinski Square, at the foot of a statue commemorating the 1994 Polish uprising against German occupiers. He and first lady Melania Trump laid a wreath at its base.

Speaking behind bulletproof glass, he said Poles are 'a people who truly know the value of what you defend.' 

He urged them to uphold 'a future in which good conquers evil.'

They chanted 'USA, USA' and 'Donald Trump! Donald Trump!'

Trump had earlier met the Polish president and warned that the future of the West is in doubt.
In his speech he praised Poland's 'will to survive' because they 'have never, ever forgotten who they are.'

'The Polish experience reminds us - the defense of the West ultimately rests not only on means but also on the will of its people to prevail,' Trump said.

'Your oppressors tried to break you, but Poland could not be broken,' he said.

And Trump projected his fight against Middle Eastern terrorism onto the template of Poland's historic struggles, saying that 'We are fighting hard against radical Islamic terrorism, and we will prevail.'

'America and Europe have suffered one terror attack after another. We are going to get it to stop,' he said.

The president urged European nations to commit more of its money to NATO, as he said the organization's 'Article 5' commitment to mutual defense is an ironclad guarantee.

'Words are easy but actions matter,' he said.

COMMENT:   Ah, to hear cheers for an American president.  There are statues of Ronald Reagan in Poland.  There are statues of George W. Bush in Africa.  Where are the statues to Bill Clinton or Barack Obama?  In the anthropology department of an American college?

It's good that Trump mentioned Article 5 of the NATO charter.  The West Europeans have been going full-shrink over his failure to "reassure" them that he would abide by Article 5, which proclaims that an attack on one is an attack on all.   Now he's done it.  But, as he also said, words are easy. 

July 6, 2017