Ambassador Tom Rose wrote on X on Thursday that "effective immediately, we will have no further dealings, contacts or communications" with Czarzasty, citing what he called "outrageous and unprovoked insults" aimed at Trump.
Rose argued that the remarks risk harming Washington’s "excellent relations" with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his government.
Czarzasty, the Speaker of the Sejm, Poland’s lower house of parliament, said he was acting in line with his values when he defended Polish soldiers who served on foreign missions and when he refused to support an effort to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
He wrote on X that he respects the United States as a key partner for Poland, but added: “I will not change my position on issues that are fundamental for the Polish people."
Asked for broader comment by reporters in parliament, he offered a short response: "Respect requires respect."
'Allies should respect, not lecture, each other': Polish PM
Tusk addressed the dispute online, telling Rose that "allies should respect, not lecture, each other."
"At least this is how we, here in Poland, understand partnership," the prime minister wrote.
Rose replied that Tusk’s message was "surely" intended for Czarzasty, whom he accused of making "despicable, disrespectful and insulting comments" about Trump that he said "were so potentially damaging" to the Polish government.
Rose praised Tusk’s leadership and called Trump "the greatest friend Poland has ever had in the White House."
Poland’s presidential palace joined the criticism. Marcin Przydacz, who heads the president’s International Policy Bureau, said Czarzasty was unnecessarily stirring tensions in Polish-US relations.
He also pointed to the timing of the US move, linking it to allegations about Czarzasty’s unclear social contacts "in the East."
President Karol Nawrocki has called a meeting of the National Security Council for February 11, an advisory body chaired by the president, with an agenda that includes clarifying the circumstances of Czarzasty’s alleged "social and business ties" to Russia.
Politicians from Poland's ruling coalition said Rose’s decision risked damaging bilateral relations.
Right-wing opposition lawmakers, meanwhile, said it marked the end of Czarzasty’s political career, while the far-right Confederation party said it expects the president and the foreign ministry to resolve the issue.
Two Polish commentators downplayed the likely impact on state-to-state ties.
Analyst Janusz Sibora said the ambassador’s intervention went a step too far in diplomatic terms, and suggested it was aimed more at earning credit in Washington than at managing a real dispute with Poland.
Diplomat Janusz Reiter said "the most important address" for the US envoy is Poland’s foreign ministry, "not the parliamentary Speaker’s office," and warned that Washington is being pulled into Poland’s domestic political conflict.
He said Poland should avoid escalating the dispute and work to calm it.
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Source: IAR, PAP, polskieradio24.pl
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