Wałęsa, who served as president soon after Poland embraced democracy, and the others tell Trump that they found it offensive that he expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to show respect and gratitude for the material assistance the United States has given Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s invasion.

Poland’s democracy hero Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners in Poland have told President Donald Trump that his treatment of Ukraine’s president at the Oval Office last week filled them “with horror and distaste.

In an extraordinary meeting that was broadcast live on Friday, Trump accused Zelenskiy of being ungrateful for U.S. aid, of showing disrespect to his country and of risking World

Former Polish President Lech Walesa, who won the Nobel prize for pro-democracy efforts, critically panned Trump's treatment of Zelenskyy at the White House.

Lech Wałęsa, former Polish president and leader of the Solidarity movement, along with 39 other former Polish political prisoners, has written a letter to US President Donald Trump expressing their "concern" over the atmosphere of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.