Source: tvn24
Marcin Gortat, a former basketball player of the Polish national team and NBA clubs, said in “Kropka nad i” on TVN24 that “what is happening in America is completely unacceptable.” He added that many people did not expect what Donald Trump would do. He also spoke about the war in Ukraine and the attitude of the Ukrainians themselves.
Marcin Gortat, a former basketball player of the Polish national team and NBA clubs, was a guest of “dot nad i”. As a man living in the United States for many years, he talked about how he assessed the policy of the current administration of Donald Trump in relation to, among others, the fighting Ukraine.
– I think that people did not expect the end of what Trump would do right after he won the election, even though many people warned. I also said that I was in America and lived in America when Mr. Trump commanded as the most important man in the country (during his first term – ed.) And I saw his statements in relation to journalists, clubs, athletes and many other people – he said.
He added that “what is happening in America is completely unacceptable.” – Many people, including the people who voted for him, are shocked – he admitted.
He estimated that the “first bell” alarm for those who supported Trump was the situation at the end of February, when the president's quarrel took place in the White House USA with Wołodymyr Zelnski.
Gortat about help for Ukrainian soldiers
Gortat said he was also on the Ukrainian front, but in a “safe” place. – First of all, we went there with humanitarian aid to get acquainted with the right people, where we know that this support will go. We are aware that at the beginning of the war a lot of support went to Ukraine and in fact, before this main part reached the front, it was already very highly erected, thinned and stolen – said the former basketball player.
– That is why the contacts that we also established there allowed us to simply go directly to the soldiers to the front – he added.
Gortat: I would be on the front line in two or three hours
The guest of TVN24 also talked about the attitude of the Ukrainians themselves to the war. – I have friends of Ukrainians. I have those who are fighting and I have those who do not fight. Personally, I couldn't do that. I repeat this many times that if there were a conflict, I think I would be within two or three hours on the front line to defend our country – he said. He noted that he understood people who have a different approach to this.
– Men fought, defended their household, country, city, village for many years, hundreds of years. I think that it should be like this to this day, and even more so it is a worse situation when young Ukrainians come here and make it. This is completely unacceptable – he said.
He said he was aware that single Ukrainian citizens commit such behaviors. – You have to remember that there is a large group of Ukrainian patriots who are fighting and thanks to them we are safe – he said.
Gortat about military training: I recommend it to everyone
Marcin Gortat also referred to the announced universal military training and the words of the former head of the Ministry of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, who said that he was not chosen for such training, but participation in it Rafał Trzaskowski described as a “set”. – This is a catastrophic statement. I would very warmly recommend that every person, every citizen would go to get acquainted with a simple procedure and how the weapon works, how he shoots, what procedures, tricks are. And I'm not talking about dynamic shooting, I'm not talking about learning tactics – he noted.
About Jacek Hoga's statements: I don't know what to call it
The former basketball player also commented on the statements of Jacek Hoga, the president of the ARMA Foundation, author of the book “Children and weapons”, who is “the main advisor to the military” of the confederation candidate for president Sławomir Mentzen. Hoga is a hot supporter of wide, uncontrolled access to weapons, also for children, and even people punished for robberies or foreigners.
– I don't know what to call it. I would use the phrase that this is a very irresponsible statement. I can't imagine people riding tanks or armored vehicles, machines or have machine guns at home, let alone anti -tank weapons or grenade launchers – he said. – This is madness, what they say, it's a shame to comment, because it is a waste of time for people who have completely no idea (about it – ed.) – added the guest of TVN24.
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