Trump says US will send additional 5,000 troops to Poland

May 21 (Reuters) - The ‌United States will ​be ​sending an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

Trump, in ‌a Truth Social post, cited his relationship with ⁠Poland's conservative nationalist president, Karol Nawrocki, as the reason behind his ‌decision to send additional troops.

The ‌announcement comes two days after U.S. Vice President JD Vance told reporters a U.S. troop deployment to Poland ​had been delayed.

The U.S. had been reviewing its troop presence in Europe and had long been expected ⁠to scale it back following demands from Trump that NATO take a larger ​role in the defense of Europe.

"Based on the successful Election of the now President of ​Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was ‌proud to Endorse, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that ⁠the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland," Trump said in the post.

Trump hosted Nawrocki at the ⁠White House in May last year and backed him at a ​crucial moment ahead of the Polish election in which Nawrocki went on to defeat the candidate of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's ‌pro-European, centrist party.

He met Nawrocki again at the White House in September, and said ‌at the time that the U.S. could increase its troop ⁠presence in Poland and ‌pledged to secure ​the country's defense.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Ismail Shakil; Editing by Ryan Patrick Jones and Caitlin ‌Webber)

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