Kamal Ghorui
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and US ambassador to Poland Tom Rose engaged in a heated social media exchange after the US envoy announced that US would blacklist Polish parliamentary Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty because he said President Donald Trump does not deserve a Nobel Prize. Czarzasty recently announced that he would not support an initiative put forward by US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to rally heads of parliaments to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026 for his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.“In my opinion, President Trump is destabilising the situation in these (international) organisations by representing the politics of force and using force to pursue a transactional policy,” Czarzasty said.“All of this means that I will not support President Trump’s Nobel Prize nomination because he doesn’t deserve it.”US envoy Tom Rose took offence and said the US would cut Czarzasty off for his insult to Trump. “(Czarzasty’s) outrageous and unprovoked insults directed against President Trump has made himself a serious impediment to our excellent relations with Prime Minister Tusk and his government,” he wrote on social media platform X on Thursday.“We will not permit anyone to harm US–Polish relations, nor disrespect (Trump) who has done so much for Poland and the Polish people.”Polish PM Donald Tusk intervened and chided the envoy, reminding him that allies should respect each other. “Mr Ambassador Rose, allies should respect each other, not lecture each other. At least this is how we, here in Poland, understand partnership,” Tusk wrote on social media.“Mr Prime Minister, I have nothing but the greatest respect and admiration for your lifetime of bold leadership and for your decades of contributions that strengthened the US–Poland relationship. You Sir have truly been a model ally and great friend of the United States. And I know you agree that insulting and degrading the @realDonaldTrump President of the United States— the greatest friend Poland has ever had in the White House, is the last thing any Polish leader should do,” the US ambassador replied in a continuous back and forth. Czarzasty, the man behind all the social media tension, said that he “regretfully” accepted Rose’s reaction but would not change his positions on what he called “fundamental issues for Polish women and men.”“In line with my values, I stood up for Polish soldiers fighting on missions and did not support the nomination of President @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize. I consistently respect the USA as Poland’s key partner,” he wrote.
