Polish President Andrzej Duda wants a permanent presence of U.S. troops in his country, and on Tuesday he suggested setting up a new American military base there called βFort Trump.β
βI invite you to post more American military troops in Poland,β Duda said during a joint White House press conference with President Donald Trump.
Trumpβs face appeared to light up at the idea:
The proposed βFort Trumpβ also set Twitter alight β but for a different reason:
#FortTrump will be the best, the hugest, the most advanced base pic.twitter.com/KeY6iEBY7v
— Herb π½ Marselas (@HerbMarselas) September 18, 2018
Genius on the part of Poland. Name it #FortTrump, and there is no way he refuses it...
— 12th man@Oceanside (@J_hawks13) September 19, 2018
BREAKING:
— Explore Northeast (@Explore_NE) September 18, 2018
Preliminary design for Fort Trump released pic.twitter.com/lCIovKIr1z
Bloomberg: Poland Offers `Fort Trump' as Name If U.S. Builds Military Base
— Eoghan Sheehan (@InsightrTrading) September 19, 2018
Unbelievable sales patter from the Polish PM #Knowyourcustomer
New #FortTrump in Poland.
— lukas lukasπ΅π±π― (@vwgoral) September 18, 2018
That's all folks. pic.twitter.com/0pQEvXDFum
Does #FortTrump come with a golf course ?
— JTV (@jayv1974) September 18, 2018
Poland proposes Fort Trump.
— Therlands (@theveesh) September 18, 2018
Hereβs a mock up: #forttrump pic.twitter.com/IPFCCZpfgC
#Exclusive I found a photo of the first #FortTrump pic.twitter.com/WyQHfrGFkB
— usbs-usa (@usbs_usa) September 18, 2018
Seems like #FortTrump is up and running #pressconference #CNN pic.twitter.com/tG46fEF4Ih
— Bamboozledππππππ (@holleyr) September 18, 2018
Go ahead Poland, make a #FortTrump . Seems easy enough to build. π€·βοΈ
— Arya Snark, #IWillVoteπΊπΈ (@AryaResists) September 19, 2018
h/t @StephenAtHome and the Late Show team for the graphic and @Miduswell for the inspiration. pic.twitter.com/hN3CCQ10A3
Fort Trump sounds like something kids would build out of pillows and blankets. @rez512 pic.twitter.com/yr1ZPsmT1t
— Ade Z.πΎ (@ade8090) September 18, 2018
I've been laughing so hard about this #FortTrump thing. I mean, really πππ pic.twitter.com/7PegZnwAIs
— π π π π π π π π π €π π π ‘ (@juliesarahryder) September 19, 2018
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