Getty US President Donald Trump (R) and US First Lady Melania Trump (L) step off Air Force One upon their arrival at Chopin Airport in Warsaw,on July 5, 2017.
President Donald Trump, his wife, Melania, and daughter Ivanka, arrived in Poland to a warm welcome on July 5 in advance of the G20 Summit.
US President Donald Trump (2ndL), his wife Melania Trump (L) and the Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda (R) stand in front of the Warsaw Uprising Monument on Krasinski Square after Donald Trump gave a speech during the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Warsaw, Poland, July 6, 2017.
On July 6, Trump told the Polish people: “As the Polish experience reminds us, defence of the west rests not only on means but the will of people to prevail. The fundamental question is whether the West has the will to survive.” The president mentioned threats from Russia and North Korea.
US President Donald Trump (L) and US First Lady Melania Trump (R) react after stepping off Air Force One upon their arrival at Chopin Airport in Warsaw,on July 5, 2017.
Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner, was also along on the trip, which was the president’s second foreign trip.
Ivanka Trump (R) and her husband Jared Kushner step off Air Force One upon arrival at Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland.
According to NBC News, Trump was “greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Poland Paul Jones and his wife, as well as Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski and Minister of State Krzysktof Szczerski, before loading into the motorcade.”
The Trumps in Poland.
Melania Trump wore a green coat with scarf. On July 6, she gave a speech, in which she said, “As many of you know, a main focus of my husband’s presidency is safety and security of the American people. I think all of us can agree people should be able to live their lives without fear, no matter what country they live in. That is my wish for all of us around the world.”
GettyFirst Lady Melania Trump (L) and Polish President’s wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda (C) visit Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw on July 6, 2017.
US President Donald Trump is on his first visit behind the former Iron Curtain. He is expected to focus largely on defense in talks with Baltic, Balkan and central European leaders.
Ivanka Trump wore a red suit.
Ivanka Trump (1st-L) steps off Air Force One.
The president gave a speech to the Polish people on July 6 in Krasinski Square, NBC reported, likely commemorating Polish courage during World War II.
The square commemorates “a 1944 anti-Nazi uprising, one of the country’s most important historical chapters,” Politico reports.
The Trumps exit Air Force One.
Trump is expected to receive a warm welcome in Poland, which is run by a “populist, nationalist” government, according to The Washington Post. The Post reported that Trump’s choice of Poland to start his foreign trip is regarded as a “snub” at the EU.
President Donald Trump gestures towards First Lady Melania Trump as they make their way to Marine One before departing from the South Lawn at The White House on July 5, 2017, in Washington, DC. President Trump will travel to Warsaw, Poland and Hamburg, Germany.
The Polish government is conservative, and Trump chose Poland as his first stop over “more powerful American allies like Germany, France or Britain,” The New York Times reported. The Polish will be watching for whether Trump “reaffirms the United States’ commitment to respond to an attack on another NATO member,” according to The New York Times.
The Trumps leaving Washington for Poland.
After the Polish trip, Trump will head to Hamburg, Germany for the G20 summit. There, Trump will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom there have been tensions. He also may sit down for a much anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Among the topics on the agenda at the G20: “Trade, climate and migration,” according to CNN.
Demonstrators hold a ‘Night Dance’ protest ahead of Friday and Saturday’s G20 summit on July 5, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. Authorities are bracing themselves for protests as world leaders including Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan are due to arrive in the city for the summit.
In contrast to the warm reception in Warsaw, Trump is expected to find protests in Hamburg.
“The United States made some of the worst Trade Deals in world history,” Trump tweeted before leaving for Poland. “Why should we continue these deals with countries that do not help us?”