Poles have split and soured on America.

  The Economist21 February 2026
Donald Trump is exhausting goodwill in Europe’s most pro-American country.

Poles were for decades America’s loudest cheerleaders in Europe. But that was before Mr Trump’s second term.

Last April CBOS, a research organisation, found that just 31% of Poles think the countries’ relations are good—the lowest share measured since 1988.