WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered only brief comment on NATO warplanes defending Poland from Russian drones overnight in an escalation that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told his country brought “us all closer to open conflict, closer than ever since World War II” and alarmed leaders across Europe and in Washington.

It was the first time in the alliance’s history that “NATO aircrafts have engaged potential threats in Allied Space,” Col. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesperson for Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, said Wednesday .

“What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones? Here we go!” the president wrote on his Truth Social platform.

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