Poland and the U.S. are close allies, and there are 10,000 U.S. troops stationed in Poland, but Tusk and his partners in the past have been critical of Trump.

Poland’s post-2023 renaissance as a reliable EU pillar and NATO ally now looks at risk. Markets have noticed. The Polish stock market dipped following Nawrocki’s victory. The zloty weakened.

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Poland has a new president - far-right historian and amateur boxer Karol Nawrocki. He won by around a single percentage point in an election where voter turnout was high.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative Karol Nawrocki won Poland’s weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count on Monday. Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a very tight ...

His election is unlikely to alter the current state of Polish politics and governance, which means a steady state on U.S. relations but a lack of progress on the rule of law and European integration.

Nationalist Karol Nawrocki’s victory in Poland’s presidential election deals a major blow to pro-EU premier Donald Tusk and looks set to rattle Brussels.