Observers say even Washington’s close allies need to hedge against a more assertive foreign policy, with some already courting Beijing
Washington would “not permit anyone to harm US-Polish relations nor disrespect” the president, Rose warned, without specifying the insults.
However, lower house speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty, a left-wing Polish politician, had earlier criticised Trump’s policies and said he would not support an initiative to nominate the US leader for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sun Chenghao, a fellow at Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy, said the incident showed the second Trump administration’s diplomatic approach was skewed towards a “more high-handed and assertive style”.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
