In a close 50.89%-49.11% victory, Donald Trump-backed nationalist Karol Nawrock defeated Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, a close friend of Alex Soros, in Poland’s presidential election.
Nawrock officially ran as an independent, but was backed by Law and Justice, a right-wing populist party with close ties to the Catholic Church. Their ideology is in complete contrast to that of Soros’ so-called “open society” vision, and they’ve been openly critical of George Soros.
Trump hosted Nawrocki at the White House last month in a sign of support, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem gave a speech endorsing him and encouraging people to vote for him at CPAC’s first conference in Poland last week.
Meanwhile, Trzaskowsk was billed as a “center-left” candidate, and is part of the Civic Platform, which is the largest party in Poland’s lower and upper house. Law and Justice formally held majorities in both chambers.
Alex was in Poland just days before the first round of voting in the 2025 presidential election (which began on May 18) for the Impact CEE conference, the biggest business conference in Europe after Davos, where he said he was there to discuss the reaction to Trump’s second term.
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