– We must remain strong and deter Russia and Putin. We have done our job in Poland, we have invested a lot in our defense capabilities within NATO. We are spending 5% of our GDP on this. We also buy equipment from Americans. We are securing our border. And that is what we must do – stated Rafał Trzaskowski in an interview with Fox Business.

– We must do one more thing, because President Donald Trump is absolutely right that Europeans should take responsibility and spend more money on defense. We should convince other countries to do this, and that is exactly what Poland is doing – he said.

As the Mayor of Warsaw noted, if he were elected president, he would aim to convince countries like Spain, Italy, or the Netherlands to allocate at least 3% of their GDP to defense.

– We must strengthen our European capabilities within NATO to effectively deter Russia and others who wish to threaten us – stated the Civic Coalition candidate.

– Europe and America must stick very close together, because only when we are together can we truly stop all countries that want to attack us – Trzaskowski continued.

– Therefore, we must hear what President Trump says. We must convince other Europeans to take security seriously, to also take on their share of the burden and strengthen the North Atlantic Alliance as much as possible, because every crazy dictator in the world is watching what is happening now. And if we are strong, we will be much safer – he added.