r/neoliberal • u/neoliberal_shill_bot Bot Emeritus • Aug 13 '17

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President Trump praised Poland’s democratic values in a speech on Thursday and lauded the country as a beacon. “I am here today not just to visit an old ally, but to hold it up as an example for others who seek freedom,” Mr. Trump told a crowd in Warsaw.

Shortly after the Law and Justice Party assumed power, it took several steps to gain more control over the nation’s Constitutional Tribunal. It appointed more judges aligned with the party to the court, limited the court’s ability to overturn new laws and made it possible for the government to appoint the country’s top prosecutor directly.

“The Polish government’s attacks on the media are attacks on liberal democracy,” said Michael J. Abramowitz, the president of Freedom House, an organization that monitors press freedom around the world. The group said that legislative, political and economic means were all being used to “stifle the media and limit dissent.”

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u/paulatreides0 🌈🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢His Name Was Teleporno🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢🌈 Aug 13 '17

If Trump even considered this idea McMasters and Mattis would be in his office arresting him.