state of play: 11/06/2024

STATE OF PLAY: Elon Musk: 'Now You Are the Media,' Żulczyk: 'Trump Likes and Respects Us'

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-- NOW YOU ARE THE MEDIA - ELON MUSK ON X: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1854045379408326909 -- AN UNLIKELY COMEBACK - HEADLINE ON THE HILL: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4969061-trump-wins-presidential-election/ -- THE BLUE WALL CRUMBLES, DONALD TRUMP WINS MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, PENNSYLVANIA, REPUBLICANS REGAIN MAJORITY IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. There will be no congressional blockade for Donald Trump's legislation. -- WE WILL PAY YOU BACK FOR THIS VICTORY, FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE, WE WILL TURN EVERYTHING AROUND THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY, FOR THE HARD-WORKING, GREAT PEOPLE, WE WILL MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN - said President-elect Donald Trump in West Palm Beach. -- LIST OF CELEBRITIES WHO THREW THEIR FULL WEIGHT BEHIND HARRIS: LADY GAGA, TAYLOR SWIFT, HARRISON FORD, OPRAH WINFREY, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, J.LO, RICKY MARTIN, BEYONCÉ… https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/celebrity-endorsements-harris-trump?srsltid=AfmBOoqiEkep0ytztKWhkAGWMxi_QAJx4EMmtUQV5XE4NJWIbJuipzUP -- TRUMP LIKES AND RESPECTS US. SO IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG IN THE POLAND-USA RELATIONSHIP, THE RESPONSIBILITY WILL LIE SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE ENDEMIC INCOMPETENCE OF POLISH POLITICIANS - JAKUB ŻULCZYK ON X: “I read a sentence yesterday on Politico - why did Europe lead to a situation where its security is decided by Pennsylvania voters? Poland is in a very good situation compared to that. Trump likes and respects us. People from his circle, like Bannon, hold us up as an example of a country that fulfills its financial obligations to NATO. So if anything goes wrong in the Poland-USA relationship, the responsibility will lie solely and exclusively with the endemic incompetence of Polish politicians. Because they are responsible for this country, not Trump.” https://x.com/Jakubzulczyk/status/1854066208431386825 -- TRZASKOWSKI: AMBASSADOR MOSBACHER WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN NOMINATION DECISIONS, #APOLOGIZETOTRUMP – PIS REMINDS OF POLITICIANS' STATEMENTS REGARDING THE NEW US PRESIDENT ON SPOKESMAN – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/11/06/ -- A NEOLIBERAL US PRESIDENT VS. A LIBERAL POLISH PRIME MINISTER? IN BILATERAL RELATIONS SINCE 1989, AS THEY SAY, "WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT" - JAROSŁAW KUISZ ON INTERIA: “Of course, Donald Trump's candidacy raises concerns for other reasons as well. It seems that Warsaw and Washington's relations would significantly worsen. In Republican ranks, they have likely not forgotten how Prime Minister Donald Tusk berated them on social media for a lack of financial support for Kyiv. A neoliberal US president versus a liberal Polish prime minister? In bilateral relations since 1989, as they say, 'we've never seen anything like it.' https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/raport-wybory-prezydenckie-usa-2024/news-trumpizm-nie-przeminie,nId,7849799 -- EUROPE IS NOT READY FOR TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY. IT MUST QUICKLY CATCH UP - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “The biggest problem from our perspective is that Europe is completely unprepared for Trump. There is currently no leader in Europe who could take on the leadership of the Western community if Trump, in line with his isolationist doctrine, leaves this position vacant. France and Germany are in a serious political crisis. The British Prime Minister, despite having a strong mandate after the recent elections, is unlikely to take on such leadership, being outside the European Union. The government of Donald Tusk, along with Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, has a strong mandate in Poland, but the question is whether the challenges they face in domestic politics will allow them to seize this historic opportunity and play much above their weight.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art41405591-michal-szuldrzynski-europa-nie-jest-gotowa-na-prezydenture-trumpa-musi-szybko-odrobic-lekcje -- IN THE CASE OF JOLANTA BRZESKA, THE STATE HAS SUFFERED A COMPLETE DEFEAT - TOMASZ PIETRYGA IN RZ: “Jolanta Brzeska will remain a symbol of resistance, and also a symbol of helplessness. The investigation can be reopened if new circumstances arise. However, the discovery of the perpetrators will likely depend on chance, an error unearthed after years, rather than the conscious actions of prosecutors.” https://www.rp.pl/opinie-prawne/art41401241-tomasz-pietryga-w-sprawie-jolanty-brzeskiej-panstwo-ponioslo-porazke-na-calej-linii -- AS INTERIA LEARNS, CONTRARY TO APPEARING SPECULATION, JACEK KURSKI WILL NOT BECOME THE HEAD OF PIS IN GDANSK - KAMILA BARANOWSKA ON INTERIA: “- Such an idea appeared, but it quickly fell through. Jacek would have to choose between a position in Brussels and a social role as head of PiS in Gdańsk, because these two things are incompatible. EU regulations are very strict regarding party involvement. And it is known that Jacek has to live on something, so he chose Brussels - a politician familiar with the matter relays to us. In Brussels, Kurski is to serve as a social assistant to PiS MEPs. The interested party himself confirmed this information to us. - A man has to work. I follow that principle. And after my unlawful dismissal by Tusk from the World Bank (as revenge for TVP), I have been unemployed since the beginning of the year. The one offered to me excludes active political activity - Jacek Kurski told Interia.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-gdansk-bez-jacka-kurskiego-mezczyzna-musi-pracowac,nId,7849682 -- RAZEM MPS WILL LOSE THEIR POSITIONS IN COMMITTEES. BECAUSE THEY REGISTERED AS OPPOSITION - TOMASZ NYCZKA IN GW: “Marcelina Zawisza and Maciej Konieczny from Razem are to share the fate of Paulina Matysiak, whom the Sejm removed from the infrastructure committee. All of them are currently forming a new parliamentary circle, Razem. Razem MP Marcelina Zawisza is the vice-chairwoman of the health committee, and MP Maciej Konieczny - the foreign affairs committee. However, they received recommendations to hold positions in the presidium from the coalition parliamentary club Lewica, where they no longer sit.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31437362,poslowie-partii-razem-straca-funkcje-w-komisjach-bo-zapisali.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Jacek Sasin, Jacek Snopkiewicz.

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