President Trump warned Sunday that the US will defend Poland and the Baltic countries if Russia’s aggression escalates after a series of incursions into the airspace of the NATO allies.
Trump, asked by reporters on the White House lawn whether America will defend Poland and the Baltics if “Russia keeps accelerating,” responded, “Yeah, I would. I would.”
Trump, speaking moments before flying to the Arizona funeral of assassinated conservative icon Charlie Kirk, also confirmed that he had been briefed on the most recent tense situation, which involved Estonia, saying, “Yeah, we don’t like it.” 3
On Friday, Estonia said NATO intercepted three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets that flew into its airspace without permission and stayed there for about 12 minutes.
Russia promptly issued a de