President Trump had a recent phone call with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in order to read him the riot act about blindsiding the Polish government with the cancellation of a planned deployment of troops to the country. The Daily Mail reports:

Hegseth earlier this month called off the deployment of a US armored brigade to the NATO ally. Some experts saw the move as part of Trump’s broader push to scale back American support for Europe.

The cancellation followed the Pentagon’s earlier announcement that it would pull 5,000 troops from Germany, a decision made after Trump’s public falling out with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war.

Trump recently called Hegseth demanding to know why the Poland deployment had been abruptly scrapped.

At one point, Trump lectured the defense secretary that the US should not mistreat Poland given its close ties to the White House, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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