Polish President Andrzej Duda visited Donald Trump at Trump Tower seeking support for increased military aid to Ukraine amid Republican reluctance for a new aid package. Trump praised Duda, hinting at a possible return to the White House, and discussed their past cooperation during Trump's presidency. Duda's visit comes in the context of European leaders preparing for the potential re-election of Trump in November. Despite Duda's efforts, Trump has yet to endorse a proposed $61 billion aid package for Ukraine, and previously made controversial comments regarding Russia and NATO funding.
Polish President Andrzej Duda is expected to meet with Donald Trump in New York, reflecting concerns among European leaders about the potential impact of a less engaged US on the continent and the future of Ukraine. Both Duda and the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, recently met Joe Biden to discuss security cooperation and the situation in Ukraine. The meeting highlights the importance of US-Poland relations, with Duda aiming to raise the issue of supporting Ukraine in the Ukrainian-Russian conflict during his potential meeting with Trump.
Andrzej Sebastian Duda ( AHN-jay DOO-də; Polish pronunciation: ['andʐɛj ˈduda] ; born 16 May 1972) is a lawyer and politician who has served as President of Poland since 6 August 2015. Before becoming president, Andrzej Duda was a member of the Polish Lower House (Sejm) from 2011 to 2014 and the European Parliament from 2014 to 2015.Andrzej Duda was the presidential candidate for the Law and Justice party (PiS) during the presidential election in May 2015. In the first round of voting, he received 5,179,092 votes – 34.76% of valid votes. In the second round of voting, he received 51.55% of the vote, beating the incumbent president Bronisław Komorowski, who received 48.45% of the vote. On 26 May 2015, Andrzej Duda resigned his party membership as the president-elect.On 24 October 2019, he received the official support of PiS ahead of his re-election campaign in 2020. He finished first in the first round and then went on to defeat Rafał Trzaskowski in the runoff with 10,440,648 votes or 51.03% of the vote. Throughout his first and second terms, Duda has largely aligned himself with the right-wing ideologies espoused by PiS and its leader Jarosław Kaczyński. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Duda has played an important role in coordinating international efforts to support Ukraine's military.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda urged NATO members to raise defense spending to 3% of GDP as Russia escalates its invasion of Ukraine. Duda emphasized the need for NATO countries to act decisively against Russia's aggression and highlighted the US's role in European security. The call coincides with Poland's 25th NATO anniversary and Duda's upcoming visit to the White House. The plea for enhanced military readiness aligns with Sweden's recent NATO membership and Finland's accession in the previous year.
Polands president, Andrzej Duda, has designated outgoing Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to lead the new government in a caretaker capacity, sparking anger from a pro-European Union alliance. The alliance, which holds a strong majority in the new parliament, accused Duda of acting against the will of voters by allowing Morawiecki to hang on to power for up to four more weeks. The new parliament is set to mark a new start for Polish politics, with the previous nationalist conservative government losing its majority. The opposition coalition, made up of pro-EU parties, plans to restore democratic norms and repair foreign alliances.
Donald Trump's tenure as the 45th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican from New York City, took office following his Electoral College victory over Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, in which he lost the popular vote to Clinton by nearly three million votes. Upon his inauguration, he became the first president in American history without prior public office or military background. Trump made an unprecedented number of false or misleading statements during his campaign and presidency. His presidency ended following his defeat in the 2020 presidential election to former Democratic vice president Joe Biden, after one term in office.Trump was unsuccessful in his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act but rescinded the individual mandate. Trump sought substantial spending cuts to major welfare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. He signed the Great American Outdoors Act, reversed numerous environmental regulations, and withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change. He signed the First Step Act on job training and early release of some federal prisoners and appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. In economic policy, he partially repealed the Dodd–Frank Act and signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. He enacted tariffs, triggering retaliatory tariffs from China, Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. He withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and signed the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, a successor agreement to NAFTA. The federal deficit increased under Trump due to spending increases and tax cuts.He implemented a controversial family separation policy for migrants apprehended at the United States–Mexico border, starting in 2018. Trump's demand for the federal funding of a border wall resulted in the longest US government shutdown in history. He deployed federal law enforcement forces in response to the racial unrest in 2020. Trump's "America First" foreign policy was characterized by unilateral actions, disregarding traditional allies. The administration implemented a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia; denied citizens from several Muslim-majority countries entry into the United States; recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and brokered the Abraham Accords, a series of normalization agreements between Israel and various Arab states. His administration withdrew United States troops from northern Syria, allowing Turkey to occupy the area. His administration also made a conditional deal with the Taliban to withdraw United States troops from Afghanistan in 2021. Trump met North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un three times. Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear agreement and later escalated tensions in the Persian Gulf by ordering the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani.Robert Mueller's Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019) concluded that Russia interfered to favor Trump's candidacy and that while the prevailing evidence "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government", possible obstructions of justice occurred during the course of that investigation.Trump attempted to pressure Ukraine to announce investigations into his political rival Joe Biden, triggering his first impeachment by the House of Representatives on December 18, 2019, but he was acquitted by the Senate on February 5, 2020.Trump reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials in his messaging, and promoted misinformation about unproven treatments and the availability of testing.Following his loss in the 2020 presidential election to Biden, Trump refused to concede and initiated an extensive campaign to overturn the results, making false claims of widespread electoral fraud. On January 6, 2021, during a rally at the Ellipse, Trump urged his supporters to "fight like hell" and march to the Capitol, where the electoral votes were being counted by Congress in order to formalize Biden's victory. A mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, suspending the count and causing Vice President Mike Pence and other members of Congress to be evacuated. On January 13, the House voted to impeach Trump an unprecedented second time for "incitement of insurrection", but he was later acquitted by the Senate again on February 13, after he had already left office. Trump had historically low approval ratings, and scholars and historians rank his presidency as one of the worst in American history.
Polish President Andrzej Duda has pardoned two politicians from the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party who were convicted of abuse of power and had been in jail. The move is a setback for Duda, who is in a fight over rule of law with new Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The case is at the center of a fight between Duda and Tusk regarding the loyalty of the previous administration's allies and the restoration of the rule of law.
Agata Kornhauser-Duda (born 2 April 1972) is a Polish former teacher and the current First Lady of Poland. She is married to the president of Poland, Andrzej Duda.
The Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk is the coalition government of Poland headed by Donald Tusk who was officially nominated and confirmed as the Prime Minister of Poland on 11 December 2023 by the members of the Sejm following the failure of Mateusz Morawiecki's Third Cabinet to secure a vote of confidence. On 12 December, Tusk addressed the parliament and announced members of his cabinet, later that day Tusk's cabinet successfully obtained a vote of confidence with 248 of the 460 MPs voting in the affirmative. He and his cabinet were officially sworn in by president Andrzej Duda on 13 December 2023.Tusk previously served as Prime Minister of Poland between 2007 and 2014, President of the European Council between 2014 and 2019, and the president of the European People's Party (EPP) from 2019 to 2022. The opposition's victory in the 2023 Polish parliamentary election and Tusk's return to power in Poland were mostly positively received by the international community, with multiple news outlets pointing to the erosion of certain democratic structures in Poland and the worsening of the country's relationship with the European Union under the former right-wing government led by Law and Justice.
A lethal Russian missile strike on Ukraine's Chernigiv resulted in 18 deaths and 77 injuries, including four children, prompting calls for allies to enhance Kyiv's air defense systems. President Zelensky sought more help from Western allies, as the US House of Representatives announced a vote on a $61 billion military aid package for Kyiv, supported by President Biden. Rescue efforts continue as buildings, vehicles, and facilities were damaged in the attack, with a policewoman among those killed. The strike has raised concerns about the West's commitment to support Ukraine in the conflict.
House Republicans have introduced three bills totaling $95 billion in aid, aiming to assist Ukraine against Russia, support Israel's defense efforts against Iran, and counter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific region. The aid includes $61 billion for Ukraine, $26.4 billion for Israel, and $8.1 billion for the Indo-Pacific region. The bills specify funding for weapons, military operations, humanitarian assistance, and defense systems. President Biden supports the aid package, with key differences from the Senate bill such as providing economic assistance to Ukraine as a repayable loan. The House is expected to vote on the bills soon.
In todays newsletter: As the crisis in the Middle East shifts resources away from the Russian invasion, Zelenskiy is calling for more money, weapons and attention Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition Good morning. As soon as Iran launched its aerial attack on Israel, western allies coordinated a rapid, united military and diplomatic response. The US, Britain, France and others intercepted more than 300 Iranian drones and missiles. Closer to Europe , however, a country facing significant aerial bombardment from Russia has not been able to rely on a similar level of assistance from its allies. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president, has long feared that the crisis in the Middle East centred on Israels war in Gaza would shift focus and, crucially, resources away from Ukraine.
Former President Donald Trump visited a bodega in Manhattan during his criminal trial, demonstrating his willingness to continue campaign activities amid the legal proceedings. Trump's past campaign strategies in 2020 focused on covid-friendly airport rallies, with no mid-May rallies historically. Despite the trial affecting his schedule, Trump has shown flexibility in how he conducts his campaign activities.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Polish: ['jan ˌkʂɨʂtɔf ˈduda] ; born 26 April 1998) is a Polish chess grandmaster. A prodigy, he achieved the grandmaster title in 2013 at the age of 15 years and 21 days. As of December 2023, he is ranked No. 1 in Poland and No. 16 in the world. His personal best rating of 2760 makes him the highest ranked Polish player of all time. Duda won the Polish Championship in 2018 and the Chess World Cup in 2021. He is a bronze medallist at the European Team Chess Championship in 2021 and he also competed in the Candidates Tournament 2022 finishing seventh. He was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit for his achievements in chess.
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 28 June 2020. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 12 July, in which incumbent president Andrzej Duda, running with the support of Law and Justice, faced off against Civic Platform vice-chairman and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. In the second round Duda was re-elected for a second term with 51% of the vote, becoming the first incumbent to win re-election since Aleksander Kwaśniewski in 2000.The first round of voting was due to be held on 10 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland. On 6 May 2020 the Agreement party, which was in a governing alliance with the leading Law and Justice (PiS) party and was opposed to pursuing the original election date, reached an arrangement to set new dates for the election. The following day, the PKW declared that the election would not be able to take place on 10 May 2020. On 3 June 2020, the Marshal of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, ordered the first round of the election to be held on 28 June 2020 and scheduled the second round on 12 July 2020.According to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the public broadcaster TVP "failed in its legal duty to provide balanced and impartial coverage" and "acted as a campaign vehicle for the incumbent".Duda's victory marked the sixth national election in a row where the right-wing PiS party defeated the opposition centrist and center-left forces.
John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, attributed Iran's recent attacks on Israel to the policies of former President Trump, while the Biden administration has urged Israel against retaliatory strikes. Israel successfully defended itself from over 300 drones and missiles from Iran, with assistance from the US and other allies. Biden's team has permitted waivers on sanctions, including a recent approval for Iraq to purchase energy from Iran, potentially granting the terrorist regime access to $10 billion. Kirby defended Biden's approach, countering claims of being soft on Iran by pointing out Trump's withdrawal from the Iran deal and Iran's progress towards nuclear capabilities during his presidency.
Dudas may refer to;Eszter Dudás, a Hungarian professional triathleteJózsef Dudás, a Hungarian resistance leader,Jon Dudas, Former under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeDūdas, a Baltic bagpipe
This video can not be played Denys Shmyhal spoke to the BBC about Russian aggression and propaganda ahead of a vote by Congress on foreign aid. He expressed "careful optimism" that US lawmakers would pass the hotly contested measure, which has $61bn (49bn) earmarked for Kyiv. Ukraine PM warns of Third World War if Russia wins. Video, 00:01:53 Ukraine PM warns of Third World War if Russia wins Up Next. Now or never: Congressmen say US must send Ukraine aid.
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Trump Tower Moscow, also known as the Moscow Project, was a series of proposals by the Trump Organization to develop a Trump skyscraper in Russia. Michael Cohen testified in February 2019 that Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump were regularly briefed about a proposed Trump Tower in Moscow. Trump Jr. said to US Congress that he was only "peripherally aware of it".No such project was ever built, but the idea continued to receive press coverage due to Donald Trump's election as president of the United States and the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election aimed at promoting Trump's candidacy. In November 2018, Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to US Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow in a prosecution brought by the office of the special counsel.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that he possesses documents proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted numerous hacking victims. Tusk made this statement during a news briefing alongside President Andrzej Duda, a political opponent. The use of Pegasus spyware is alleged to have occurred under the Law and Justice government, which Duda is aligned with. Tusk plans to provide Duda with a full set of documents to demonstrate the widespread use of the aggressive spyware in Poland. A special commission has been established by the new parliament to investigate the use of Pegasus during the Law and Justice administration.
Ondrej Duda (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈɔndrej ˈduda]; born 5 December 1994) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Hellas Verona and the Slovakia national team.
A 60 Minutes investigation revealed potential Russian involvement in mysterious illnesses affecting U.S. national security officials, leading to bipartisan lawmakers urging President Biden for a new government assessment. The report highlighted a Russia nexus, with evidence linking the illnesses to high-energy beams targeting White House staff, CIA officers, FBI agents, and military personnel. The FBI agent's lawyer, Mark Zaid, noted that most affected individuals had ties to Russia. The Kremlin denied the allegations. The ongoing probe, involving The Insider and Der Spiegel, implicated a Russian man as a spy.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer's rebuttal to the committee's top Democrat, Rep. Jamie Raskin, during a hearing started promisingly by refuting the discredited allegation of President Biden taking a bribe from a Ukrainian businessman. The debate escalated when Raskin questioned Donald Trump's dealings with the Chinese government, highlighting the foreign income Trump received while in office. Comer defended Trump's business, contrasting it with the unanswered question of the Bidens' business ventures. The discussion delved into the legality and perception of foreign business dealings by political figures.
The political positions of Donald Trump (sometimes referred to as Trumpism), the 45th president of the United States, have frequently changed. Trump is primarily a populist, protectionist, semi-isolationist, and nationalist.
Donald John Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977) is an American businessman, former television presenter, political activist, and author. He is the eldest child of former U.S. President Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Trump.Trump serves as a trustee and executive vice president of The Trump Organization, running the company alongside his younger brother Eric. During their father's presidency, the brothers continued to do deals and investments in foreign countries, as well as collect payments in their U.S. properties from foreign governments, despite a pledge that they would not do so. He served as a boardroom judge on the reality TV show featuring his father, The Apprentice. He authored Triggered in 2019 and Liberal Privilege in 2020.Trump was active in his father's 2016 presidential campaign. He cooperated with Russia in their interference in the 2016 United States elections and had a meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised damaging information about the campaign of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Trump campaigned for several Republicans during the 2018 midterm elections. He has promoted several conspiracy theories.Trump was also active in his father's 2020 presidential campaign, often being on the campaign trail and being featured in the news for making unfounded claims. During the election he called for "total war" as the results were counted and promoted the stolen election conspiracy theory. Following his father's defeat, he engaged in attempts to overturn the results. He spoke at the rally that led to the storming of the Capitol, where he threatened Trump's opponents that "we're coming for you." In January 2021, Attorney General for the District of Columbia Karl Racine said that he is looking at whether to charge Donald Trump Jr. with inciting the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol in the criminal investigation into the attack. CNN reported in April 2022 that two days after the election, Trump Jr. sent a text message to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows outlining paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, and his father named him president of his real estate business in 1971. Trump renamed it the Trump Organization and reoriented the company toward building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. After a series of business failures in the late twentieth century, he successfully launched side ventures that required little capital, mostly by licensing the Trump name. From 2004 to 2015, he co-produced and hosted the reality television series The Apprentice. He and his businesses have been plaintiff or defendant in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, including six business bankruptcies.Trump won the 2016 presidential election as the Republican Party nominee against Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton while losing the popular vote. During the campaign, his political positions were described as populist, protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist. His election and policies sparked numerous protests. He was the first U.S. president with no prior military or government experience. A special counsel investigation established that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election to favor Trump's campaign. Trump promoted conspiracy theories and made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and presidency, to a degree unprecedented in American politics. Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged or racist and many as misogynistic.As president, Trump ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, diverted military funding toward building a wall on the U.S.–Mexico border, and implemented a policy of family separations for migrants detained at the U.S. border. He weakened environmental protections, rolling back more than 100 environmental policies and regulations. He signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which cut taxes for individuals and businesses and rescinded the individual health insurance mandate penalty of the Affordable Care Act. He appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. He reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials, used political pressure to interfere with testing efforts, and spread misinformation about unproven treatments. Trump initiated a trade war with China and withdrew the U.S. from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Iran nuclear deal. He met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three times but made no progress on denuclearization.Trump refused to concede after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, falsely claiming widespread electoral fraud, and attempted to overturn the results by pressuring government officials, mounting scores of unsuccessful legal challenges, and obstructing the presidential transition. On January 6, 2021, he urged his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol, which many of them then attacked, resulting in multiple deaths and interrupting the electoral vote count.Trump is the only American president to have been impeached twice. After he tried to pressure Ukraine in 2019 to investigate Biden, he was impeached by the House of Representatives for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress; he was acquitted by the Senate in February 2020. The House impeached him again in January 2021, for incitement of insurrection, and the Senate acquitted him in February. Scholars and historians rank Trump as one of the worst presidents in American history.Since leaving office, Trump has continued to dominate the Republican Party and is a candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries. In 2023, a civil trial jury found that Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll. In 2024, a New York state court found Trump liable for financial fraud. Trump is appealing both judgments. He was also indicted in New York on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, in Florida on 40 felony counts related to his mishandling of classified documents, in Washington, D.C., on four felony counts of conspiracy and obstruction for efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and in Georgia on 13 charges of racketeering and other alleged felonies committed in an effort to overturn the state's 2020 election results. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Former President Donald Trump visited Jose Alba, a bodega worker who was cleared of murder for fatally stabbing an ex-con in self-defense at his Manhattan store in July 2022. The visit to Hamilton Heights, where the incident occurred, included a raucous welcome from supporters chanting 'four more years.' Alba's case, initially sparking controversy, saw charges dropped by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, a target of Trump's criticisms. Surveillance footage indicated Alba acted in self-defense as the ex-con initiated the confrontation by jumping the counter and assaulting the store clerk.
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