This spring, during a private meeting in Washington, US President Donald Trump called on Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kusniak-Kamisz to leave Poland's ruling coalition and form an alliance with nationalist and far-right parties in Poland, -. The Atlantic Trump hinted that Kusigniak-Kamis would be "much better received in Washington" if he left the current coalition and changed his political stance, but Kusigniak-Kamis refused to take Trump's advice and remained in the governing coalition.