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ARTICLE VIEW:
Trump on Russia’s incursion into NATO: ‘Here we go!’
By Kevin Liptak, Jennifer Hansler, CNN
Updated:
2:20 PM EDT, Wed September 10, 2025
Source: CNN
President Donald Trump reacted Wednesday with a degree of bemusement
toward , a NATO member that Trump has previously vowed to defend amid
heightened .
“What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones?”
Trump asked in a short post on Truth Social. “Here we go!”
The brief mention of the incident — and the vague suggestion of
continued fallout — came as US officials were digesting the overnight
events, when more than a dozen Russian drones entered Polish airspace,
spurring a response from NATO to scramble fighter jets to shoot them
down.
The of Russia’s conflict in neighboring Ukraine, which Trump has
sought unsuccessfully to end. Twenty-six days after his high-profile
meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, there appears
to be little progress toward ending the war.
Amid growing frustration with Putin, Trump has said he’s ready to
apply new , but hasn’t detailed what measures he’s considering.
And, so far, he hasn’t applied any new punishments beyond an
additional trade penalty on India over its transactions with Russia.
Trump spoke Wednesday afternoon with , according to a statement the
Polish leader posted on social media. “Today’s talks confirmed
allied unity,” he said.
Nawrocki was expected to discuss faster and additional deployment of
assets with Trump, a Polish official told CNN ahead of the call.
Among the assets Poland could specifically request is a US Patriot
battery to be deployed on the Polish-Ukrainian border. The US
redeployed the battery that had been at Rzeszów, and the one currently
operating there is German, the official noted.
Poland is also waiting for its purchase of F-35s. The initial four are
due to arrive in January, but there is a hope that their delivery could
possibly be expedited.
Poland would like to see deployment combined with some sort of economic
tools, the official said, adding that they are eagerly waiting to find
out what Trump’s “here we go” post means. The official noted the
EU is ready to go with an additional sanctions package.
Trump last week hosted Nawrocki in the Oval Office, where the US leader
pledged his continued support for Poland, and even said he’d be open
to sending additional US troops to the country amid questions of his
commitment to an American military presence along NATO’s eastern
flank.
“We’ll put more there if they want,” Trump said during that
meeting. “But they’ve long wanted to have a larger presence. We
have some countries that have more — not too many. But no, they’ll
be staying in Poland. We’re very much aligned with Poland.”
Later, Trump said the US was “with Poland all the way, and we will
help Poland protect itself.”
What that means after Russia’s drone incursion, however, remains
unclear.
Notably, Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, was
enroute to Poland when the Russian drone incursion occurred, according
to a source familiar with his travel. He is expected to continue
traveling on to Ukraine in the coming days, another source said.
The operation overnight marked the first time that shots were fired by
NATO since the start of the war in Ukraine. Polish and Dutch jets
intercepted the drones, with assistance from Italian, German and
NATO’s multinational forces, officials said.
Poland has , meaning the alliance’s main political decision-making
body will now meet to discuss the situation and its next steps. The
Polish official noted that Article 4 invocation has only been effective
when backed up immediately by deployment.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in a social media statement
Wednesday that he spoke with Trump on both the Russian incursion into
Poland and the Israeli strike in Qatar Tuesday. “Together, we are in
a position to make a decisive contribution to peace and security,”
Macron said.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk spoke with the leaders of France and the UK
on Wednesday, both of whom said their countries are ready to supply
additional help to Poland, the Polish official said. It’s unclear if
this would be provided individually or as part of a broader framework
with the US.
Before Russia’s drone incursion in Poland, Trump on Tuesday discussed
potential new sanctions on Moscow with European officials, who were
visiting Washington to discuss ways to increase economic pressure on
Putin to end the war.
In the meeting, on purchasers of Russian energy — namely, China and
India — to up to 100%, according to people familiar with the
conversation. The meetings included officials from the White House,
State Department and the office of the US Trade Representative, the
people said.
Europe’s top sanctions envoy, David O’Sullivan, was among those in
Washington, and he discussed potential additional measures on Moscow
with officials at the US Treasury Department.
Trump said Sunday he was prepared to apply new sanctions on Russia,
adding that he expected to speak soon with Putin.
On Tuesday, he said that conversation may occur “this week or early
next week.”
This story has been updated with new reporting.
CNN’s Zachary Cohen and Kylie Atwood contributed to this report.
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