Kamala Harris Warns Poles: You Are Next If Donald Trump Wins

In the course of the US presidential election debate, Democratic contender Kamala Harris warned that Poland would be next after Ukraine if Republican candidate Donald Trump wins the vote – a statement that shocked the citizens of the European country, notes the Associated Press.

"Otherwise, Putin would be sitting in Kiev and watching the rest of Europe. It's going to start with Poland, and why don't you tell 800,000 Polish Americans right here, right now, in Pennsylvania, how quickly you're going to give up what you think is friendship with a dictator who would eat you for lunch?'' Harris said. during the debate.

The agency spoke to various Poles about this policy statement. 75-year-old Wanda Kwiatkowska believes that Trump's presidency will pose a serious threat to her home, Poland and the entire region.

According to her, if Ukraine loses, Putin "will take additional steps". At the same time, the woman called Trump's statements about the end of the war "empty talk”.

Slawomir Dembski, a professor of strategy and international relations at the College of Europe in Natolin, also said that Trump's claims that he could force Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sit down at the negotiating table before he enters the White House are "exaggerated“.

"There is no reason to think that Putin would agree to such a meeting, unless Ukraine is ready to capitulate, which is unlikely,”, the professor explained.

He added that it was "a clear mistake” Trump should not say directly that he wants Ukraine to win the war. At the same time, the former president continues to argue that the Biden administration made a mistake by "committing to help Ukraine as much as it wants, but refusing to emphasize that this must mean victory for Ukraine”.

When Trump first became president, there was strong governmental and public enthusiasm in Poland. The then conservative government of the country shared many of his positions. As one of NATO's largest allies, Poland welcomes its continued efforts to increase defense spending among other members of the Alliance.

In Pennsylvania, an all-important state, some Polish Americans are also pondering what they heard at the debate.

"I didn't like what Harris said. I don't think that's true. I know that if Trump comes to power, there will be no war," commented 82-year-old Cecilia Heffron, who supports the Republican.

However, her friend Lorraine McDonald, a supporter of the US vice-prime minister, is convinced that Putin will attack Poland if given the chance.

"If Putin takes over Ukraine... he won't stop there,”, she is confident.

In Warsaw, 67-year-old Andrzej Novak shares these views.

"For Poland, it is important that Ukraine wins, because one does not know what this madman will come up with,”, he notes.