A warning from Poland on TrumpFew people outside of Poland care about the outcome of last Sunday's presidential election there, but maybe they should. Mr Duda only got 51.2% of the vote against 48.8% for his liberal opponent, but Mr Trump doesn't even need that many votes. Mr Duda is more intelligent than Mr Trump, and the Covid-19 death toll is only 40 per million people in Poland, compared to 420 per million in the US. Mr Duda doesn't use the slogan "Make Poland Great Again" because it's three centuries since Poland was a great power in Europe. If Mr Trump promised a thinly disguised "basic income" like that for the US, he could probably win too.

Source: Bangkok Post July 16, 2020 22:30 UTC