Lemire to Fmr. NZ PM Ardern: ‘Some Would Say’ Trump Is a Dictator, Why You Chose a Different Path?

LEMIRE That s a ░░░░░░░░ at the trailer for ░░░░░░░░ upcoming documentary Prime Minister ░░░░░░░░ film slated for nationwide ░░░░░░░░ on June 13th gives ░░░░░░░░ inside look at Jacinda ░░░░░░░░ s five year run ░░░░░░░░ as the prime minister ░░░░░░░░ New Zealand This Sunday ░░░░░░░░ will be special advance ░░░░░░░░ at select AMC theaters ░░░░░░░░ the country which will ░░░░░░░░ followed up by a ░░░░░░░░ Q A event with ░░░░░░░░ former prime minister that ░░░░░░░░ be broadcast into those ░░░░░░░░ And the right honorable ░░░░░░░░ Jacinda Ardern joins us ░░░░░░░░ She served as the ░░░░░░░░ minister of New Zealand ░░░░░░░░ late 2017 until 2023 ░░░░░░░░ s also the author ░░░░░░░░ the new memoir titled ░░░░░░░░ Different Kind of Power ░░░░░░░░ is on sale now ░░░░░░░░ details her journey from ░░░░░░░░ the daughter of a ░░░░░░░░ New Zealand police officer ░░░░░░░░ becoming the country s ░░░░░░░░ prime minister in over ░░░░░░░░ years The Washington Post ░░░░░░░░ that Ardern uses her ░░░░░░░░ to make a clear ░░░░░░░░ compelling case for compassion ░░░░░░░░ it an implicit repudiation ░░░░░░░░ the strongman style of ░░░░░░░░ that has taken hold ░░░░░░░░ the world Also joining ░░░░░░░░ for this conversation special ░░░░░░░░ at Vanity Fair and ░░░░░░░░ of the Fast Politics ░░░░░░░░ Molly Jong Fast Great ░░░░░░░░ see you both this ░░░░░░░░ Madam Prime Minister congratulations ░░░░░░░░ the book thank you ░░░░░░░░ and film and thank ░░░░░░░░ for being here Let ░░░░░░░░ actually start with what ░░░░░░░░ Washington Post had to ░░░░░░░░ this the case you ░░░░░░░░ for leadership with a ░░░░░░░░ touch with compassion with ░░░░░░░░ flies in the face ░░░░░░░░ what we re seeing ░░░░░░░░ around the globe not ░░░░░░░░ with full fledged strongmen ░░░░░░░░ a Vladimir Putin or ░░░░░░░░ Xi Jinping or Erdogan ░░░░░░░░ Turkey but even some ░░░░░░░░ say what we re ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ President Trump Talk to ░░░░░░░░ about why you chose ░░░░░░░░ different path ARDERN Well ░░░░░░░░ I never intended to ░░░░░░░░ a memoir And of ░░░░░░░░ while I was in ░░░░░░░░ never intended for there ░░░░░░░░ necessarily be a documentary ░░░░░░░░ But there s a ░░░░░░░░ of time spent talking ░░░░░░░░ a particular type of ░░░░░░░░ in the world today ░░░░░░░░ you just mentioned and ░░░░░░░░ off a handful not ░░░░░░░░ lot of time spent ░░░░░░░░ about empathetic or compassionate ░░░░░░░░ which we ve had ░░░░░░░░ examples of including right ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ would argue that past ░░░░░░░░ FDR was one of ░░░░░░░░ But I do think ░░░░░░░░ there s time on ░░░░░░░░ of voters to start ░░░░░░░░ about the strengths and ░░░░░░░░ of an approach in ░░░░░░░░ that is squarely focused ░░░░░░░░ people.”