U.S.-Polish Fort Trump project crumbles


  • World
  • Thursday, 11 Jun 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Poland's President Andrzej Duda attend a joint news conference in Washington, U.S., June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

WARSAW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fort Trump appears to have fallen.

Poland's grand proposal in 2018 to name a military base in honor of Donald Trump, in return for the U.S. president placing a permanent presence there, has crumbled amid disputes over how to fund the deployment and where to garrison the soldiers, sources say.

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