On Radio TOK FM, a spokesman for the government was asked whether during the meeting of the Prime Minister and the President, which took place on Thursday, August 14, there was an agreement and such division of obligations that the American contacts were responsible for the president's office, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deals with the “rest of the world”.
– Yes, it was an element of arrangements. First of all, that issues related to foreign policy, security policy and diplomacy must be agreed, there must be cooperation here and that if it is actually the case that the Americans are “accustomed” to the fact that they cooperate with Poland at the presidential level, that this is such a tradition for many years, then the president and the Presidential Palace are more responsible in this respect Shap said.
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Video conferences with world leaders
The meeting of Tusk and Nawrocki took place shortly after the consultation between European leaders and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski, which took place on August 13. On the same day, President Nawrocki took part in a teleconference with US President Donald Trump, who preceded his conversations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
A few days later, on August 18, Trump organized a meeting in Washington with Zelanski and European leaders, including Ursula von der Leyen, Marek Rutte, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz. The Polish government explained that the meeting took place in a format analogous to the previous video conferencing, in which President Nawrocki participated. The President's Chancellery, in turn, pointed out that notification of the desire to participate in the meeting in Washington did not take place.
Poles focus on Karol Nawrocki
The SW Research survey for Onet shows who the Poles see as the main interlocutor with the administration of President Donald Trump.
As it turned out, The preferred leader is President Karol Nawrocki, who was indicated by 48.6 percent. respondents. The second position was Prime Minister Donald Tusk with a result of 28.4 percent.while 23 percent study participants did not have a specific opinion.
The study was carried out on August 19-20, 2025 by the SW Research agency using the online interview method (CAWI-Computer-Assisted Web Interview) on the SW Panel internet panel. As part of the study, 823 surveys were conducted with a nationwide adult test. A quota selection was used – the sample was representative due to the total distribution of sex, age and class of the size of the town.
