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Tight Polish Election Featuring Trump Ally Seen as Political Bellwether

Jamie Dettmer

   Polish President Andrzej Duda hopes a midweek meeting with U.S.
   President Donald Trump will determine the course of his electoral
   fortunes -- and his country's politics.

   Duda is hoping a pledge from the U.S. leader to move American troops
   stationed in Germany to Poland -- as well as an emphatic electoral
   endorsement from Trump -- will boost his chances in Sunday's
   presidential election, say analysts.

   But it is unclear whether the electoral endorsement -- which broke
   diplomatic norms and prompted criticism from both U.S. Democratic Party
   lawmakers and Duda's Polish opponents, who accused the American leader
   of intruding in their elections -- or the promise to redeploy GIs will
   be enough to secure Duda a second term.

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