After the oval office meeting, President Trump and polish president duda went to the white house rose garden to talk with reporters and answer if few answer a few more questions. Pres. Trump thank you very much, everyone. Please. Beautiful day in the rose garden. I want to thank everybody for being here with us. We all know what a wonderful country, a great country poland is and its my honor to have a friend of mine here, president duda of poland who has done an incredible job. I do believe he has an election coming up, i do believe hell be very successful. Thank you very much and all your representatives, thank you for being here. This is the third time we have hosted president duda. The first lady and i also cheerish our remarkable visit to poland three years ago, that was an amazing event. We had an event because it was a speech and a lot of people watched that speech. It was a very historic moment. And an important moment for our two countries. The american and polish people enjoy one of the worlds olest, strongest, most enduring friendships. Polish patriots battled by our side to secure american independence. American and polish warriors fought and died together to defeat the nazis in world war ii. The United States stood shouldertoshoulder with poland in its courageous struggle against communist oppression. Our bond has been forged in battle, sealed in blood and strengthened by our shared cultural values. The United States and poland are united by our Firm Conviction that western civilization has advanced really, much advanced, i think, i have to add, because of Human Progress beyond measure and that it must be strongly defended and will at all times be strongly defended and we will defend it together. In our meeting today, president duda and i reaffirmed the Vital Alliance between our nations. Last year we signed two joint declarations to increase our security collaboration. And we look forward to signing a defense cooperation agreement. Poland recently purchased 32 brand new constituent of the art f35 fighter jets, best in the world. Poland is one of only eight nato members. The others, some of them havent done so well in terms of what theyre supposed to be paying to nato. I tell them all the time. Weve gotten them up a lot but not enough. But toe poweland is one of only eight that is current with the money that they are supposed to be paying. 2 . 2 is a very low number. But we have a large number of countries that havent paid, theyre delinquent, lets put it that way. Theyre delinquent with respect to their due, the money theyre supposed to be paying for defense, so the United States is defending a lot of countries that are delinquent on what theyre supposed to be paying. And i never feel too good about that. But i will say i spoke with the secretary general and he said weve done a great job. I said we havent done good enough. We havent done a good enough job. We have secured, though, over 400 billion in new pledge defense spending from nato members which is something no other administration has come even close to. I would say theyre off by many, many hundreds of billions of dollars. Something the newspaper doesnt like writing about. That the media doesnt like talking about. But we will be only satisfied when all members are paying their fair share. Again, only eight members plus the United States is paying what is considered a fair share. I also applaud poland and the polish people for its devotion to safeguarding their countrys borders. Very strong borders. I just the wall is moving along rapidly our border is about as strong as its ever been, our southern border. Last year we were able to add poland to the Visa Waiver Program and they wanted that very badly and we gave it to them because they really deserve it. Its a testament to poe lans vigilant efforts to uphold the rule of law. The United States and poland have recently signed several longterm contracts for u. S. Lick fied natural gas. Big purchaser of our energy to enhance polands Energy Security. And were working to conclude an agreement that would facilitate facilitate polands development of Nuclear Energy plants throughout the purchase, theyre going to be purchasing with one of our very big, very good companies, technology to do civilian Nuclear Energy. I want to congratulate poland or its leadership in the three seas initiative, an Energy Partnership to provide energy for eastern europe, it will be free from the threat of foreign extortion. Poland understands foreign extortion very well. The initiative relies on fairness, transparency and mutual benefit. Our nations have also collaborated on protecting our Critical Infrastructure and technology. Thats why weve signed a 5g joint declaration and poland is leading the way in europe by using trusted providers and provider equipment and supply chains for its ag network and were its 5g network and were working along with them, we cooperate across a truly wide range of fronts that were both very much involved. In here today is the of a polish medical team, very advanced team, very Brilliant Team fighting the coronavirus alongside of american doctors, captain chevara. Thank you for being here, captain. And were making great progress. I hear were making great progress and working together. But we are making great progress on therapeutic an vaccines. Thank you very much. Appreciate you being here. The american and polish people have been true friends and trusted partners for almost 250 years. Were forever united by our shared belief in family, faith, law, liberty, democracy and justice. As the old polish motto go, we will stand together in the name of god for our freedom and for yours. President duda let me express once again our quattude for your visit and friendship. We have had a very, very special relationship, our alliance is powerful. And a very powerful test optometrist what free people can achieve together and i believe that the greatness of our relationship lies ahead. Thank you very much. President , please. Thank you. President duda thank you very much, mr. President. I would like to thank very warmly donald trump of the United States of america. Thank you for inviting me here to washington, to the white house. This is an important meeting to us. Its important for many reasons. To me as president of the republic of poland, it is important because poland is a free country is the first country after the coronavirus pandemic to be invited to the white house. Concerning the future and concerning relations how relations will look between the United States an poland in terms of economy, what those relations will be like in the military sphere and what those relations will be like in the sphere of Health Protection of those elements which are key importance today. They are part of our discussions today. With mr. President and our collaborators, we are dead gated dedicated to the coronavirus, what the situation looks like in urope and on the global stage. We are thinking about what measures to take in the future. Thank you, mr. President , for your deck la rage that we are going to cooperate and that our scientists will cooperate and collaborate on conducting research concerning the vaccine d therapy drug against coronavirus. Everything that will be used to fight the coronavirus. I do believe, thanks to this collaboration, those therapeutical medicines will be vailable for my compatriots. We know how high level of medical research is in the United States. This declaration and cooperation on the part of the United States and on the part of the president of the United States is of crurble importance to us. Thank you for that. Ladies and gentlemen, we also discussed the economy and military. Let me first mention our economic operation as the president mentioned, we are developing it both in energy in billing Energy Security. Today we can say the United States is cooperating in the sphere of creating Energy Security, not only that Energy Security of poland but also the Energy Security of Central Europe. The president mentioned the initiative, all the investments being carried out in poland today, the capacity, were improving capacity by 2. 5 billion cubic meters. We are planning to construct another terminal in the port. All of that is conducive to being able to receive l. N. G. Gas and provide deliveries for not just poland but for countries of Central Europe. The vast majority of the countries of Central Europe are still dependent on russia and creating an alternative. That reciprocation of supplies is of key importance. Thank you, mr. President , for this cooperation. I do believe were going to better develop it. Today we have supplies guaranteed until 2023. By the end of the 2023. But i know we are also going to enter into further contracts in this respect. Even more so that for sure our we increase. We also have conventional energy and Nuclear Energy cooperation an and and an agreement will be signed between the United States of america an republic of poland. Well be able to start designing the large design of Nuclear Energy for the production of electricity in poland. The entities which will participate in this project have already been selected. The agreement, very advanced on the polish side. An Intergovernmental Agreement is about to be concluded, we expect that in the near future. I also want to mention the contribution of the United States into the initiative and the financial contribution to the fund of the initiative. Mr. President got interested in that fun some time ago. This is an element which enables the development of the corporation. Thank you for this and thalk for the cooperation which take plasses any Central Europe within the framework of the European Union and the goal is to develop infrastructure. Thank you for noticing the possibility of developing cooperation in the transatlantic zone between the European Union and the United States. An of course from my point of view this cooperation with poland is extremely important to me. But also in the economic sphere, were speaking about increasing military cooperation between poland and the United States is also of primary importance. I have no doubt whatsoever that this cooperation will lead to the strengthening of the security of the European Union, strengthening the security of the eastern flank of nato but also from my perspective the security of poland. And it will also land additional financial credibility to poland, investment credibility on the part of american investors. One month ago microsoft announced theyre going to invest 1 billion in poe lan to establish a state of the Art Data Center and today officially Google Company published the information that it is also going to invest in the center of modern technology in poland including i. T. Technologies. This is going to be an even greater investment than microsoft. Mr. President , i have no doubt whatsoever these American Investments and this additional investment impulse that the American Companies are making right now results from a policy that we are conducting together and which increases the sense of safety of our citizens in poland and also increases the sense of safe investment in our country. Thank you so much for that that neenscreing aof new jobs in the state of the art branch industry i. T. Technologies and im really pleased because in poland we have got a large number of excellent young experts, young i. T. Engineers and for sure we are able to come to terms with these changs as far as intellectual capital is concerned. Im sure this investment will be beneficial for the United States an u. S. Companies and also for poe lan. We are creating jobs requiring engineers. Nk im also glad, mr. President , because as we said before, the agreement that we entered into concerning increased u. S. Military presence in poland, the agreements we signed last year, the u. S. Will be increased by 1,000 troops in our country and another agreement stipulated concrete locations in which soldiers will be stationed in poland on a rotational basis. Today we are entering another stage, namely theres a possibility of further increase in american troops in our country. We talked to the secretary general of nato and agreed on one point. As europeans we have no doubt whatsoever that if any part of the u. S. Armed forces which is the biggest armed forces in the world was withdrawn from europe that would be very detrimental to european security. In our belief it is justified to ensure that the u. S. Troops are left in europe. So mr. President , thank you so much for this meeting today. Thank you so much. For accepting poland. During this meeting at the white house. We are the first country which has been received after this long break in national diplomacy. Thank you for the words about our pride. Polish soldiers working with u. S. Soldiers, we are tested allies together in iraq and afghanistan and we stand ready, always ready, to implement our allied obligations and commitment and thank you that the United States thanks to your policy, mr. President , is demonstrating a loyal ally to us and thank you that we can count on the United States. Also id lake to say that im grateful that you have been strengthening historical troops in such a he responsive way. This is extremely important. Defending the circumstance ol of truth about the Second World War about who started the war. It is incredibly important to us an thank you, mr. President that , u are adopting this stance setting the record straight. Its important to us from the point of view of our dignity. The Second World War was a period of great trauma, we lost five million citizens and that was a tragedy to us. Important to t is spread this truth and present it as it was. Its also important to speak about heroes. Wherever they were fight, wherever they were spilling their blood. At vietnam and at other places all over the world, those on the Eastern Front and the western front. All of that saying that it is extremely important. Im happy that today we can support our security in the United States and im glad we have got this excellent economic cooperation, we have no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic will pass and we will be going together toward the development of our country, toward the development of our society, toward the building of a better work force for the future both for the United States and for poland. Thank you so much. Pres. Trump question, ask one to me and one to the president , that would be great. Steve hollande. O ahead. Reporter would you send them from germany and what sort of signal would that send to russia . And for bth president duda, how do you feel about this, taking some troops out of germany to go to poland and what signal does that send to russia . Thank you . Pres. Trump just to start, as President Trump poland, as ive said many times, poland is one of the few countries that are fulfilling their obligations under nato. In particular their monetary obligations. They asked us if we would send some additional troops, theyre going to pay for that. Theyll be paying for the sending of additional troops and well probably be moving them from germany to poland. Were going to be reducing germany very substantially, down to about 25,000 trooms. We had 52,000 but well be moving it down to 25,000. Germanys paying a very small fraction of what theyre supposed to be paying. They should be paying 2 and theyre paying a little bit more than 1 , depending on how you calculate. You could also calculate that theyre paying less than 1 . If you assume theyre paying 1 , thats a tremendous delinquency, lets use that word, delinquency. So were going to be reducing our forces in germany. Some will be coming home and some will be going to other places. But poland would be one of those other places. Other places in europe. Reporter [indiscernible] send to russia by doing this . President trump i think it sends a very strong signal to russia but a stronger signal sent to russia is the fact that germany is paying russia billions of dollars to Purchase Energy from russia. And through the pipeline. And im saying whats that all about . Youre spending billions of dollars to russia. Then were speciesed were supposed to defend from you russia . I think its a very bad i think the people of germany are very unhappy about it. I have many friends from germany. The people in germany are very unhappy about it. They dont like it. But thats what they chose to do. So theyre spending billions of dollars to buy Russian Energy and then were supposed to defend them from russia. So that doesnt work too well. But poland has been very, very terrific. In fact, i dont believe poland is actually accepting any of the energy from the pipeline from russia