Donald Trump has announced plans to send an additional 5,000 US troops to Poland, days after the Pentagon delayed a separate deployment to the country. The move comes amid wider changes to American troop levels across Europe and follows the election of Polish President Karol Nawrocki…reports Asian Lite News Desk
US President Donald Trump has announced plans to deploy an additional 5,000 American troops to Poland, signalling a renewed military commitment to the NATO ally despite recent Pentagon decisions to reduce some US force deployments in Europe.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump linked the decision to the election of Polish President Karol Nawrocki and the relationship between the two leaders.
“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 wrote, without giving further operational details or a timeline for the deployment.
The announcement came a week after the Pentagon abruptly delayed the planned deployment of more than 4,000 US-based troops to Poland. The delay followed a broader reassessment of American military deployments in Europe.
Earlier this week, the Pentagon confirmed it had reduced the number of US Brigade Combat Teams assigned to Europe from four to three, returning troop levels to those recorded in 2021. The Department of Defense said the move caused a temporary pause in the deployment of forces to Poland, while continuing to describe the country as “a model US ally”.
According to US media reports, around 80,000 American troops are currently stationed across Europe, including roughly 10,000 in Poland. The country has become one of Washington’s key military partners on NATO’s eastern flank in recent years, particularly following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The Pentagon has also announced plans to withdraw around 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next six to 12 months as part of a broader restructuring of American forces in Europe.
Last week, senior US military officials confirmed that the deployment pause affecting Poland was ordered directly by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office.
Speaking during a congressional hearing, Christopher LaNeve, acting chief of staff of the US Army, said the head of the US European Command had “received the instructions on the force reduction”.
“I’ve worked with him in close consultation on what that force unit would be, and it … made the most sense for that brigade to not do its deployment in theater,” LaNeve said, referring to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team.
LaNeve also confirmed that some elements of the unit had already been deployed overseas and that military equipment was already in transit before the deployment was cancelled.
No formal Pentagon statement has yet been issued regarding Trump’s latest announcement or whether the proposed 5,000 additional troops would replace the previously delayed deployment or represent a separate expansion of the US military presence in Poland.
The development comes as Washington continues to review the structure and scale of its military commitments across Europe amid shifting security priorities and ongoing NATO operations in the region.
