Poland offering $2 billion to host US military base: Trump

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is seriously considering a request from Poland for US troops to be permanently based in the strategically important country on Europe's flank with an "aggressive" Russia.

At a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the White House, Trump said Poland is offering to pay Washington at least USD 2 billion to help meet the costs of the base, which would likely irk an increasingly assertive Moscow.

"The president offered us much more than $2 billion to do this, so we are looking at it," Trump said.

"We are looking at it from the standpoint of, number one, military protection for both countries and also, cost.

"We're looking at it very seriously," the president said earlier. "If they're willing to do that (pay), it's something we will certainly talk about." At the press conference, Duda said that NATO member Poland, which was long dominated by Russia and the Soviet Union, wants "a permanent American base in Poland."