The Polish foreign minister announced the effort Thursday, despite a previous Trump administration threat to pull troops from the country.
09/24/2026 6:15 PM UTC
U.S. and Polish officials are working to set up an American base in Poland that would house 10,000 troops, a significant shift in deployments across Europe and a direct warning to Russia.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced the effort Thursday, which comes as the Pentagon undergoes a review of U.S. service members abroad and months after the Trump administration threatened to yank troops out of the country.
President Donald Trump has floated the idea of an Army base in Poland, but this is the first time officials have offered concrete details. The U.S — which has around 7,000 troops in the country now — is also moving Army units to Lithuania and Estonia. This brings more American boots to the Kremlin’s doorstep as NATO allies worry about increasing Russian aggression.
“We want the kind of U.S. presence that would reassure us, but not be threatening to Russia,” said Sikorski at a Council on Foreign Relations event in New York. “And we hope that President Trump keeps the promise that he has made to this effect.”