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Ted Widmer

The Guardian

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Trump invades the UN with a brutish speech

Trump invades the UN with a brutish speech

Expectations were low for Donald Trump’s address to the UN on Tuesday, and yet somehow it was even worse than expected. He does not perform well in...

23.09.2026 20

The Guardian

Ted Widmer

Mark Carney is making an eloquent case for an alliance sidelining the US

Mark Carney is making an eloquent case for an alliance sidelining the US

The speeches keep coming, each building on the previous one, as the Canadian prime minister builds a case for a new world order that has strikingly...

22.09.2026 20

The Guardian

Ted Widmer

Trump’s comments on the Falkland Islands reflect a fractured US-UK relationship

Last week, Donald Trump suggested in an interview with the British TV channel GB News that he might not help the UK if Argentina tried again to seize...

10.09.2026 20

The Guardian

Ted Widmer

How Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes

Is it perhaps a sign of the times that Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, has become a thrilling orator? A sober banker, he speaks calmly,...

26.08.2026 40

The Guardian

Ted Widmer

Trump is desecrating the Lincoln Memorial - a civic sacred ground

The Lincoln Memorial has always been special. Its siting is perfect, facing the Capitol, across the length of the Mall, as if speaking truth to power....

14.06.2026 40

The Guardian

Ted widmer

King Charles has saved the special relationship – for now

In the end, it was a royal triumph, as King Charles and Queen Camilla managed to avoid all the mines in their path (the strait of Hormuz is not the...

01.05.2026 50

The Guardian

Ted widmer

Protecting civilians is a sign of strength – and an American ideal

Far from expressing remorse for his threat to bomb civilian infrastructure, Donald Trump is doubling down as we approach his deadline for Iranian...

08.04.2026 50

The Guardian

Ted widmer

Trump is flailing in Iran. Every word he says adds to the muddle

During a White House ceremony on 9 April 1963, then president John F Kennedy bestowed honorary citizenship on former prime minister Winston Churchill,...

31.03.2026 80

The Guardian

Ted widmer

Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history … and ran out of steam

In fulfillment of clause 1 of section 3 in article II of the US constitution, Donald Trump duly gave Congress “Information of the State of the...

25.02.2026 50

The Guardian

Ted widmer