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Bad News for Poland. The news from the US came as a shock in Poland. The US Army Europe and Africa issued a press release, stating that it intended to reposition its forces from Jasionka in the southeast of the country. It went on to say that the move was "part of a broader strategy to optimize US military operations." The American soldiers will be moved to other sites in the country. A report on NBC News, however, sounded rather more alarming. Citing American and European sources, the broadcaster reported that the Pentagon is considering withdrawing 10,000 US soldiers from Romania and Poland. During his first visit to Warsaw as US Defense Secretary in early February, Pete Hegseth said that the US would not be reducing its military presence. Approximately 10,000 American soldiers are currently stationed in Poland. However, Poland's media does not share the government's optimism. Writing in the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza on Wednesday, Bartosz Wielinski described the decision to move the troops as "a bad sign," adding that "in corporate slang, optimization means cutting costs. The reins of power in America are now held by people who want to turn the state into a corporation. And they are using an axe, not a scalpel, to do so." Wielinski warned that the US deterrence against Russia has been dealt a severe blow. "Trump is destroying America's soft and hard power," wrote Bogdan Chrabota in the Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita. "This is bad news for Kyiv and good news for Moscow because the Kremlin already knows that the new US president is a mischief-maker and not a responsible statesman." Source-DW