In a closely contested presidential runoff, conservative historian Karol Nawrocki has been declared the winner of Poland's 2025 presidential election, securing 50.89% of the vote against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski's 49.

Polish presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, backed by the main opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party, his wife Marta Nawrocka, his sons Antoni and Daniel gesture as they react to the exit polls of the second round of presidential election, in Warsaw, Poland, June 1, 2025. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

Poland and the U.S. are close allies, and there are 10,000 U.S. troops stationed in Poland, but Tusk and his partners in the past have been critical of Trump. Nawrocki, however, has a worldview closely aligned with Trump and his Make America Great Again ethos.