“The American leadership of the transatlantic community was based on mutual trust, common values and interests, not on domination and coercion,” Tusk wrote on X.
“That is why it was accepted by all of us. Let’s not lose it, dear friends," he added.
Tusk’s comments followed Thursday’s meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, where discussions focused on US claims over Greenland and the formation of a new Board of Peace by US President Donald Trump.
Ahead of the meeting, Tusk called for EU unity on issues including Greenland, Trump’s Board of Peace initiative and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
"We must clearly confirm our ability to act as a political community—whether the issue is Greenland, the Board of Peace, or above all, Ukraine,” he said.
Trump launched the Board of Peace during his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, with 19 countries signing its founding document, including Hungary, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki attended the signing ceremony but did not sign the document.
'We’ve never gotten anything'
Speaking in Davos, Trump criticized NATO, saying the United States had gained little from the alliance and claiming that NATO troops would not come to America’s aid if it were threatened.
"So what we have gotten out of NATO is nothing, except to protect Europe from the Soviet Union and now Russia," Trump said. "I mean, we’ve helped them for so many years. We’ve never gotten anything."
Critics said the claims were inaccurate, noting that the United States has reaped significant military, economic and political benefits from the alliance. NATO came to the United States’ defense after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The alliance invoked its Article 5 collective defense clause for the first and only time in its history, and member countries formed a coalition to fight the war in Afghanistan alongside US forces. Many allies, including Poland, deployed troops for years and suffered casualties. Poland lost 43 soldiers and one civilian employee.
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Source: PAP, Polish Radio, CNN