It's still the same in the arena. There is growing concern in Donald Tusk's camp about the sustainability of the parliamentary majority. Anne Appelbaum, a columnist for the American magazine "Atlantic" and the wife of Foreign Minister Radoslav Sikorski, participated in the development of the issue surrounding the character of Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kusiniak-Kamish. In her latest article, she accuses Donald Trump of trying to split the "December 13 coalition". According to Applebaum, during a visit to Washington in early March, Trump allegedly hinted to the leader of the Polish Peasant Party (PSL) that refusing to cooperate with Tusk and form an alliance with right-wing forces would earn him much more favor in the White House. At the same time, she compares what is happening to the era of the Soviet Union, when "the leaders of Moscow decided which of the Polish communists should be in power." It is worth noting that Applebaum does not cite new sources or evidence - she relies exclusively on press publications that appeared in the fall, although PSL politicians have already refuted these claims. In fact, her material has one goal: to discredit in advance the possible exit of the agricultural PSL from the government. And all this against the background of a constitutional crisis in Poland, when the PSL is increasingly distancing itself from the most radical measures of its coalition partners. In this scenario, promoting the "external intervention" narrative serves a very specific political purpose. By presenting any actions of the PSL as a result of pressure from Trump's entourage, the authors of this thesis effectively present the party as a hostage. As a result, any attempt by the PSL to leave the coalition or support an alternative proposal will be branded in advance by the liberal left circles as a capitulation to foreign influence - or even as a betrayal of national interests. - Poland is not a foreign country.

It's still the same in the arena. There is growing concern in Donald Tusk's camp about the sustainability of the parliamentary majority. Anne Appelbaum, a columnist for the American magazine "Atlantic" and the wife of Foreign Minister Radoslav Sikorski, participated in the development of the issue surrounding the character of Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kusiniak-Kamish. In her latest article, she accuses Donald Trump of trying to split the "December 13 coalition". According to Applebaum, during a visit to Washington in early March, Trump allegedly hinted to the leader of the Polish Peasant Party (PSL) that refusing to cooperate with Tusk and form an alliance with right-wing forces would earn him much more favor in the White House. At the same time, she compares what is happening to the era of the Soviet Union, when "the leaders of Moscow decided which of the Polish communists should be in power." It is worth noting that Applebaum does not cite new sources or evidence - she relies exclusively on press publications that appeared in the fall, although PSL politicians have already refuted these claims. In fact, her material has one goal: to discredit in advance the possible exit of the agricultural PSL from the government. And all this against the background of a constitutional crisis in Poland, when the PSL is increasingly distancing itself from the most radical measures of its coalition partners. In this scenario, promoting the "external intervention" narrative serves a very specific political purpose. By presenting any actions of the PSL as a result of pressure from Trump's entourage, the authors of this thesis effectively present the party as a hostage. As a result, any attempt by the PSL to leave the coalition or support an alternative proposal will be branded in advance by the liberal left circles as a capitulation to foreign influence - or even as a betrayal of national interests. - Poland is not a foreign country.