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The Polish media is becoming one of the main battlefields of the electoral campaign, with the coronavirus pandemic stifling enthusiasm for traditional manifestations of the electoral campaign. Duda and her ruling Law and Justice Party (TTP) allies are doing their best to report positively, especially on state platforms that have become part of their propaganda machine. But critics call the flattering tone ineffective, and the visit to the White House is essentially decisive, even if it shows strong relations between the two states.
The Trump administration “gave what it could give, a photo shoot,” Wawrzyniec told Radio TOKFM on Thursday.
Smoczynski, Head of the SWPS Social Studies Program at the Warsaw Private University. But “it won’t help Duda much during the elections.”
Tense fight
The current president, who just two months ago was in the mood for an easy first-round victory, hoping to get more than half the votes, now suddenly needed all kinds of help. Although he is still ahead of all the candidates, there is little doubt that an additional round will be needed, and polls show that in the second round he will face a very tense fight with Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski.
Poland prepares for the presidential elections
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Duda’s campaign hoped that a visit to Trump could be a boost. Before the meeting, media reports were promising, hoping that the announcement of a new permanent base in Poland would be the main focus of the meeting. However, the American leader limited himself to promises to deploy additional state forces in Poland. In addition, both sides said they have reached an agreement that would help the country speed up the construction of its first nuclear power plant.
It is unclear whether such results will be enough to shake up a campaign caught up in corruption scandals and fierce dissatisfaction with government officials who have failed to apply quarantine rules. More recently, Duda sent a message again, presenting himself as a defender of Poland against, in his words, the threat of “LGBT ideology”. The visit to the White House was expected to maintain his image as the country’s guardian, of enemies inside and outside the country.
The state media followed this scenario. There was a lot of talk in the news about the damage caused by the rains in southern Poland, and Duda is portrayed as a loving leader, contrasting him with soulless opposition politicians.
Poland prepares for the presidential elections
A. The image of Duda
The publicity sentiment also dominated the airwaves even before the meeting, which took place late at night in Warsaw. On the state news channel TVP, Wednesday’s 40-minute evening news show featured a nearly five-minute video clip, diversified with material from a previous meeting between A. Duda and D. Trump.
The video, presented as an advertising campaign, also included the testimony of Polish Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica and images of the Polish president circling among voters.
The journalist’s impressive appreciation is not without drama, according to him, it symbolizes “pride, dignity, respect, tradition and history, responsibility and credibility.”
“Should I continue? Okay, will I do that?” A. Duda told the crowd, demonstrating that he was not afraid of any challenge, even the rain that fell on his head during the meeting. Finally, the cameras turn to the presenter. , clearly overwhelmed with emotion.
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