The US-Poland relationship hit a new low on Thursday when US ambassador Tom Rose publicly announced the embassy would have “no further dealings, contacts, or communications” with Włodzimierz Czarzasty, the Speaker (Marshal) of the Sejm, effective immediately.
The trigger was Czarzasty’s refusal to support a coordinated effort to nominate President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, launched by US House Speaker Mike Johnson and Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and framed as an international co-sign campaign by parliamentary leaders.
Czarzasty rejected new US-led platforms like his Board of Peace as “deceptive,” argued security should rest in the EU, NATO, the UN, and the WHO, and said Trump destabilises these organisations through “transactional politics” that often breaks principles, values, and international law.
He also cited Trump’s comments about Polish soldiers on missions and referenced Trump’s “instrumental treatment” of other territories, including Greenland, as reasons for refusing to back the Nobel request.
“He does not deserve it,” Czarzasty asserted.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk then intervened publicly, posting that “allies should respect, not lecture, each other.” Rose responded that Tusk’s message may have been addressed to him by mistake and should’ve been intended for Czarzasty.
“As I’m sure you also know, I will always defend my President without hesitation, exception or apology,” Rose ended.
Czarzasty responded by reaffirming the substance of his refusal while stressing that he respects the US as a key partner but would not shift on “fundamental” matters for Poles.
Domestic blowback widened when Polish MP Roman Giertych addressed Rose in an open letter, calling the cutoff “outrageous,” asserting ambassadors no longer get to signal who should hold office in Poland, and comparing the Nobel pressure to Emperor Nero’s vanity and decline-era politics.
Rose also got into a public exchange on X with a Polish law student, reported to be Kacper Kamiński, after the student essentially told him to “go home,” and Rose fired back with a line that read like a troop-withdrawal hint, asking whether the US should “take all our soldiers and equipment with us.” The post seems to have been deleted as of press time.
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