The United States has cut ties with the speaker of the lower house of the Polish parliament following "unprovoked insults" against U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. ambassador to Poland said on Feb. 5.
"Effective immediately, we will have no further dealings, contacts, or communications with Marshal of the Sejm Czarzasty, whose outrageous and unprovoked insults directed against President Trump ... has made himself a serious impediment to our excellent relations with Prime Minister Tusk and his government," U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose said in a post on X.
The ambassador did not specify the nature of the insults. Czarzasty issued a Feb. 2 statement on X saying he would not support the nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. He also criticized Trump for “the instrumental treatment of other territories,” such as Greenland.
In a Feb. 4 post on X, he said tens of thousands of Polish soldiers fought "shoulder to shoulder" with U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 65 lost their lives.
"I want to say this loud and clear: I unequivocally condemn Donald Trump’s words that insult and discredit the sacrifice of Polish veterans. Disrespecting Polish heroes is unacceptable and demands clear opposition," he said.
On Jan. 22, Trump told Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo that the United States always got "along very well with NATO."
"But I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? And that's really the ultimate test, and I'm not sure of that. I know that we would have been there or we would be there, but will they be there?" Trump said. "We've never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them. You know, they'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan or this or that, and they did. They stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."
In a Feb. 5 post on X, Czarzasty said he was standing up for Polish soldiers and would not change his position.
"In line with my values, I stood up for Polish soldiers fighting on missions and did not support the nomination of President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize," he said. "I continue to respect the USA as Poland's key partner. That is why I regretfully accept the statement by Ambassador Tom Rose, but I will not change my position on these fundamental issues for Polish women and men."
Czarzasty is the leader of the New Left party (Nowa Lewica), which is part of the liberal coalition government formed in October 2023.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who leads the coalition, said in a Feb. 5 post on X that allies should respect, not lecture each other.
"At least this is how we, here in Poland, understand partnership," he added.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki, a conservative, retains cordial relations with Trump, who invited Nawrocki to the White House soon after he was inaugurated.
During that September 2025 visit, Trump said Nawrocki was doing a "really fantastic job."
“We will help Poland protect itself,” he said.
The Epoch Times reached out to the State Department for comment but did not receive a response by publication time.