Last week Nawrocki hosted the presidents of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and the prime minister of Denmark in Warsaw in a regional summit billed as a preparatory meeting ahead of his White House visit.
His senior foreign policy aide, Marcin Przydacz, told reporters today that “these talks will primarily concern security issues,” as he stressed that Poland – Nato’s top spender, which gets regular praise from Trump – wants to “maintain the best possible relations with the Americans.”
Nawrocki will also present the Polish position on Trump’s talks with Putin in Alaska, “pointing to the causes of this aggression and identifying the aggressor, the Russian Federation,” with some ideas for future talks, Przydacz said.
The two leaders are also expected to touch upon economic cooperation, with Poland working with the US on LNG deliveries and plans for a new nuclear power plant.
The visit will be closely watched also because it could be the first opportunity to get a comment from Trump on the state of talks with Russia and Ukraine amid growing frustration on both sides of the Atlantic The nationalist historian who unexpectedly triumphed in the second round of the presidential election in June is seen as a close ally of the Trump administration.
Backed by the populist rightwing opposition Law and Justice party, which ruled Poland between 2015 and 2023, Nawrocki ran under a Trumpesque slogan of “Poland first, Poles first”.
He visited Trump at the White House as part of his election campaign, securing the US president’s highly prized endorsement in the build up to the polling day.
His trip to the White House will be his first overseas visit since taking the office in July.
On the way back to Warsaw, Nawrocki is expected to stop in Rome and the Vatican. His programme includes a visit the grave of the Polish pope, John Paul II, and meetings with the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the Italian president, Sergio Mattarella.