US President Donald Trump welcomed Poland’s President Andrzej Duda of Poland to the White House on Wednesday — four days before Poland’s election. Author and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum tells host Marco Werman that from her vantage in Warsaw, Duda’s photo-op with Trump might have gained him points at home. Or, it might be a gamble that doesn’t pay off.
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