Poland, which is part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisations (NATO), has repeatedly requested a permanent US military presence on its soil, and offered up to £1.5billion ($2billion) in funding towards this.
Russia expressed concern in May over reports about Poland’s wanting this, saying NATO’s expansion towards Russia’s borders undermined stability in Europe.
But the US President appeared to be immune to the risk of upsetting the eastern superpower and its president Vladimir Putin through his announcement today.
He spoke at the White House before a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Mr Trump said: ”Poland is willing to make a very major contribution to the United States to come in and have a presence in Poland, and certainly it’s something we’ll discuss.
“We’re looking at it very seriously, I know Poland likes the idea very much, and it’s something that we are considering, yes,” he said.
The US and NATO allies established a constant, but fluctuating, rotation of troops in Poland under the European Reassurance Initiative, after Russia seized Crimea during President Barack Obama’s administration.
Poland would like this to be made permanent and include a headquarters.
Poland joined NATO in 1999 along with Hungary and the Czech Republic, and since then other former communist states, including Baltic republics bordering Russia, have joined despite Moscow’s strong opposition.
Warsaw could offer up to £1.5billion ($2billion) in funding for a US military base, according to a Polish Defense Ministry proposal reported by Polish media.
A government source in Poland confirmed to the Reuters news agency that such a proposal had been made.
Mr Trump also said that the US was considering a visa waiver program for Poland.