Nationalist Karol Nawrocki Wins Poland’s Presidential Election

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Nationalist Karol Nawrocki will be Poland's next president after he claimed victory against liberal opponent Rafał Trzaskowski in a close runoff race. Nawrocki received an electoral boost from the U.S. Trump administration, which backed the conservative candidate and teased the possibility of deeper defense ties if he won.

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00:00Nationalist Karol Nowroski has won Poland's presidential runoff election.

00:12Nowroski won narrowly with just under 51 percent of the vote,

00:16defeating his liberal opponent, Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzyszkowski, who took around 49 percent.

00:22During the election, the U.S. Trump administration threw its support behind Nowroski.

00:27Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to Poland last week,

00:32where she teased deeper defense ties between the two countries if Nowroski won.

00:36The U.S. currently has around 10,000 troops stationed in Poland.

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