Poland Offers Billions To Keep US Troops As Pentagon Weighs Drawdowns
Poland is offering billions of dollars to secure a permanent American military base as the Pentagon considers scaling back its troop presence across Europe.
Poland is offering billions of dollars to secure a permanent American military base as the Pentagon considers scaling back its troop presence across Europe.
Polish officials have offered approximately $4 billion to construct a new military installation capable of housing roughly 5,000 permanently stationed American troops and their families, according to Stars and Stripes. Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said the Pentagon gave the proposal a preliminary green light following discussions with War Secretary Pete Hegseth, although President Donald Trump is expected to make the final decision in early December as his administration reviews American troop deployments across Europe.
The Pentagon did not immediately respond for comment.
“Everything is going in a good direction,” Hegseth told the Polish minister.
“This means that the permanent presence of U.S. troops in Poland has been greenlit by the Pentagon,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said, according to an account of the meeting obtained by Stars and Stripes.
The Pentagon’s account of the meeting did not include any mentions of the base, but reinforced an agreement to broaden defense industry cooperation between Washington and Warsaw.
Poland has spent months lobbying America for a permanent base in-country. Currently, most American personnel stationed in Poland are there on temporary deployments, according to Stars and Stripes.
This comes at a time when the Pentagon is considering troop drawdowns in Europe and urging the continent to prepare to be able to have