Trump’s Last-Minute Switch Elevates Poland’s New President, Embarrasses Tusk

Trump’s Last-Minute Switch Elevates Poland’s New President, Embarrasses Tusk

In a move widely seen as a diplomatic humiliation for Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, U.S. President Donald Trump at the last minute asked that Poland’s new head of state, Karol Nawrocki, represent the country in a high-level teleconference on Ukraine instead of the prime minister. Liberal Tusk had been expected to join European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the evening of Wednesday, August 13th, ahead of Trump’s Alask…