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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
Wed Jul 5, 2017, 05:51 AM Jul 2017

Trump in Poland: Five reasons why he is going there

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40497732

Trump in Poland: Five reasons why he is going there

By Kevin Ponniah
BBC News

7 hours ago

From the section Europe

(snip)
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who leads the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), has said others in Europe are envious of the visit, which comes before Mr Trump travels to Germany and later to France.

So, why Poland?

1. A warm welcome
(snip)
The ruling party will bus in 50 people per parliamentarian, according to the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper, guaranteeing a friendly crowd of thousands for President Trump's speech in Warsaw's symbolic Krasinski Square on Thursday. The square is home to a monument commemorating the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis.
(snip)

2. On the same page

Both Poland's political leaders and Mr Trump see themselves as being at the vanguard of a populist movement against liberal elites who have dominated politics in the West in recent years. They unashamedly put what they see as the national interest first, be it on climate change or migration, and receive the wrath of many for it.
(snip)

3. Spend (on defence) and you shall receive

The visit also allows Mr Trump to demonstrate that those who meet the Nato military spending target of 2% of gross domestic product will be rewarded. He is expected to praise Poland for being one of a handful of Nato members that do so. About 900 US troops are currently in Poland as part of wider efforts to soothe the anxieties of Nato members in Eastern Europe fearful of Russia.
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Trump in Poland: Five reasons why he is going there (Original Post) nitpicker Jul 2017 OP
4) To find a new wife. LSFL Jul 2017 #1
Poland is promising cheering crowds Gothmog Jul 2017 #2
People like numbered lists oberliner Jul 2017 #3
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
3. People like numbered lists
Wed Jul 5, 2017, 12:42 PM
Jul 2017

The public is similar to Trump in that regard. Keep articles to simple bullet points.

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