James Naughtie

Name: James Naughtie
Start: 2026-06-11T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-11T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Harmony Marquee

Jim Naughtie will examine the chaos and contradictions of President Trump's second term, offering his expert perspective on American politics when predicting the future seems impossible.

Sunday, 14 June 2026

12:45pm ‐ 1:45pm

Harmony Marquee
Harmony Garden and Orchard, St Mary's Road, Melrose, TD6 9LJ

https://tikt.link/jamesna

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“What will you talk about this year, Jim?” A pause, an uncharacteristic moment of hesitation. “I’ll tell you the day before, or maybe on the day.” Jim’s grasp of American politics is unmatched but predicting where the world will be on June 14th, 2026, is impossible. Commentators have been bemused and confused by the torrent of chaotic self-contradiction that comes out of the mouth of President Donald J Trump – every hour of most days, it seems, and sometimes nights when he’s posting online, OFTEN IN CAPITAL LETTERS. But if anyone can look behind the Punch and Judy façade of presidential pronouncements and offer some perspective, it is Jim Naughtie.