Donald Trump’s speech in Poland was designed to set up Islamic extremism as a vast, existential threat to civilization, something that requires the West to demonstrate a “will to survive” as well as a willingness to pay “any cost.” It was also a speech heavily laden with the themes of the party behind Polish President Andrzej Duda, which has emphasized Poland’s struggles to adopt an authoritarian, restrictive rule. The authors of Trump’s prompter-delivered speech made sure to hit notes that bought loud approval from the bused-in audience of Polish nationalists.

The speech also reserved a few sentences in which Trump could shake a gentle finger at Russia. But no one in Moscow seems to have been offended. That’s because, not only did Trump’s speech make it clear that Russia was a sideline compared to the great clash of civilizations that provides justification for fearing immigrants, scorning the media, and generally waving away human rights, Trump’s visit to Krasinski Square was only the second most important speech he delivered in Poland.

The real speech—the one that delivered Trump’s own feelings and intentions—was the one he delivered in a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda. It was at that speech where Trump emphasized three things: American intelligence can’t be trusted, American media can’t be trusted, and previous American administrations were weak.

He attacked the media as "fake news." He refused to say definitively that Russia was behind the meddling into the 2016 election. He attacked former President Barack Obama for "choking" when confronted with intelligence regarding Russian hacking. (And yes, this is the same intelligence that Trump questioned and undermined when he refused to say that Russia was, without question, behind the hacking of the presidential election.)