The U.S. ambassador to Poland, Tom Rose, announced on Thursday that Washington would immediately suspend contact with Marshal of the Sejm Włodzimierz Czarzasty following remarks in which the Polish parliamentary speaker sharply criticized President Donald Trump and rejected calls to support his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In a post on X, Ambassador Rose said the United States would have “no further dealings, contacts, or communications” with Czarzasty, calling the speaker’s comments “outrageous and unprovoked insults” against the U.S. president. Rose added that Czarzasty had made himself “a serious impediment to our excellent relations with Prime Minister Tusk and his government.”
“We will not permit anyone to harm U.S.-Polish relations, nor disrespect President Trump, who has done so much for Poland and the Polish people,” the ambassador wrote.
Effective immediately, we will have no further dealings, contacts, or communications with Marshal of the Sejm Czarzasty, whose outrageous and unprovoked insults directed against President Trump @POTUS has made himself a serious impediment to our excellent relations with Prime…
— Ambasador Tom Rose (@USAmbPoland) February 5, 2026The diplomatic dispute followed a Feb. 2 press conference in the Sejm in which Czarzasty said he would not support Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, arguing that the American president’s policies undermine international stability.
The initiative to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Trump was put forward by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and Israeli Knesset Speaker Amir Ochanna.
“The United States’ building of new platforms like the Peace Council is, in my opinion, illusory. We need to strengthen the European Union, the UN, the WHO, and ourselves,” Czarzasty said.
“Our security lies in this, and President Trump, in my opinion, is destabilizing the situation in these organizations by representing power politics and using force to pursue transactional policies. This violates the politics of principles and values, and often violates international law,” he added.
Czarzasty further cited disputes over trade policy and historical interpretations of the commitment of Allied troops in joint military missions and international territorial issues.
“Customs policy, a different interpretation of history, for example, regarding the participation of Polish soldiers in missions, the instrumental treatment of other territories, such as Greenland — all this means that I will not support President Trump’s Nobel Prize nomination, because he does not deserve it,” the speaker said.
Czarzasty, a leader of Poland’s left-wing political bloc and one of the highest-ranking officials in parliament, plays a key role in legislative proceedings but is not part of Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s cabinet.
His remarks nonetheless triggered a direct response from the U.S. ambassador, highlighting sensitivities surrounding Polish-American relations, particularly given Poland’s reliance on the United States as a key NATO ally and security partner.
Czarzasty, nor the Polish government, has yet issued a response.
