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Donald Trump is affecting politics everywhere
The effects are often unexpected
President Donald Trump stands on red carpeted stairs as he talks to the media in the Grand Foyer during a tour at the John F. Kennedy Center, Washington DC, USA.
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EACH TIME Slawomir Mentzen speaks, the crowds seem to get larger. In a matter of weeks the 38-year-old far-right firebrand has leapfrogged to second place in Poland’s presidential contest. Mr Mentzen once said his party opposed “Jews, homosexuals, abortion, taxation and the European Union”. Now, he has a powerful new message: thinly veiled antagonism for Ukraine. A recent poll suggests that one in five Polish voters supports him.