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The Jacinda Ardern One

How does it feel to be held up as the 'anti-Trump' by progressives across the globe?

How does it feel to be held up as the 'anti-Trump' by progressives across the globe?

Jacinda Ardern was prime minister of New Zealand for 6 years and is now committed to promoting empathy and kindness in world leadership.

She joins Nick in the Political Thinking studio to reflect on her unexpected rise to power and being described as a 'global pinup for progressive values'.

She also opens up about how growing up in a Mormon family prepared her for politics and reveals what she told Donald Trump in the aftermath of the murder of 51 people in a mosque in New Zealand in 2019.

Producer: Daniel Kraemer

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Sat 7 Jun 2025 17:30

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