The Russians remain implacably opposed to letting Bush build a ground-based mid-course interceptor—the GBI—base in Poland to try to shoot down any future Iranian intercontinental ballistic missiles.
In 2014 he celebrated the 150th anniversary of the abolition of Poland's feudal system by erecting a rainbow-coloured triumphal arch outside a neighbour's home.
Drivers on their way to the Polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday morning found the road blocked by an unusual obstacle — tons of liquid chocolate that spilled onto the motorway.