Although U.S. presidents have sent subtle and not-so-subtle signals about whom they would like to see elected head of state in major countries, few have ever been as open and aggressive about it as Donald Trump and his administration in the race for president of Poland to be decided this Sunday.

In the last few weeks, the president was photographed at the White House shaking hands with Karol Nawrocki, historian and candidate of the nationalist Law and Justice Party. Nawrocki later told reporters Trump said to him: “You will win.”

Days ago, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) held in Poland, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem strongly endorsed Nawrocki and said of his opponent, liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski: “an absolute train wreck of a leader.”

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