Barack Obama visited Poland just days before a pivotal presidential election to push his vision of Europe's future.
Former State Department Official Mike Benz accused Obama and George Soros of trying to "stamp out populism" in Poland, a NATO ally that has largely resisted the woke politics of its Western European neighbors.
“The problem is these folks don’t want to go along with the NATO agenda there. They don’t want endless war. They don’t want endless migration,” Benz told Real America's Voice.
Just days before Poland's presidential election, Obama spoke to a crowd in Poznań. He praised the pro-European Union government led by prime minister Donald Tusk, whose election in 2023 ousted the conservative Law and Justice Party.
Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, a Tusk ally, edged out conservative historian and Law and Justice candidate Karol Nawrocki in the first round of Poland's presidential election, held Sunday. Both candidates are headed to a pivotal runoff on June 1.
According to Benz, globalists are meddling in Polish politics with a familiar strategy perfected in Romania, where groups tied to George Soros have infiltrated government institutions in the name of "civil society."
"George Soros funded the very first NGO that spawned 1,000 other NGOs in the new Romania post-Cold War,” Benz told host Jack Posobiec. “The USAID, its rule of law program, effectively wrote the Romanian constitution and then wrote all the amendments in order to organize its entire judicial structure."
Benz also pointed to former Obama official Norm Eisen, who is pushing for judicial reforms in Poland. Eisen played a key role in the failed effort to destroy President Trump with lawfare.
"And Norm Eisen is on tape bragging about him pursuing legal action inside of Poland against the Law and Justice Party," Benz said.
While speaking at the Impact Congress in Poznań last week, Obama praised Poland's support of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, calling it an example of Poland's commitment to "democracy."
"When Americans see the incredible generosity shown by Poland to those fleeing war, it gives them hope," he said. "This moment teaches us that progress in democracy, human rights, and all these great efforts cannot be the work of the United States alone."
Indeed, Poland has taken in one million refugees since the conflict began, but support of refugees is falling sharply.
The results of Sunday's election in Poland reflect a nation divided between urban progressives and nationalists who champion Poland's traditional Catholic identity and who are strongly opposed to mass immigration. Polish conservatives have looked to President Trump as an inspiration in the struggle to preserve their country's sovereignty. Indeed, Nawrocki met with Trump in the White House earlier this month.
The liberal Trzaskowski is an advocate of the progressive, LGBT ideology that finds more support in Poland's large cities. In an echo of Warsaw's communist past, he removed crosses from public buildings in the capital last year.
