"I would be curious to know how the right will justify the fact that the tariffs President Trump is imposing on the European Union are twice as high as those on Russia," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (Civic Coalition, liberal) highlighted in a message posted on X on April 3, pointing out a truth that has become increasingly difficult for the Law and Justice Party (PiS) to cover up: The admiration the national-conservative party has always had for the current American president now clashes with Poland's vital interests.

During its years in power in Warsaw (2015-2023) and during Donald Trump's first term as president of the United States (2017-2021), President Duda's PiS banked on a very privileged relationship with the American billionaire. In 2017, during a memorable visit by Trump to the Polish capital, the weekly wSieci, a mouthpiece for the ultra-conservative party, ran a headline about the "Alliance in defense of civilization" between Poland and the United States. In the background, the cover illustrated another sacred Polish-American alliance, that of Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II against communism.

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