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The Warsaw TSI summit was a political success, thanks in no small part to the participation of U.S. President Donald Trump. The TSI has thus been endowed with a much needed—and generally unexpected—gravitas. However, Trump’s endorsement of the Initiative should not come across as entirely unexpected. On the contrary, it is possible to track this support to the fundamentals of U.S. foreign policy strategy towards the CEE in the post-Cold War era. As for the TSI itself, it still faces a number of challenges, such as defining the role of key stakeholders, coming up with a viable list of deliverables, and calibrating its relationship with other regional cooperation mechanisms.