Media

  • Commented on representation of stakeholder groups at COP28

    — CNN International, 2023/11/06

  • "It is important to remember that [Trump] faced impeachment for essentially blackmailing Ukraine by withholding aid."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2022/11/12

  • "People who love Trump will not be swayed by the investigation into what happened on January 6."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2022/06/08

  • “Sweden and the Swedish population invest a lot of money in cultivating, promoting, and protecting a national brand.”

    — Euronews, 2022/06/06

  • "I still can’t get over the national newspaper of record endorsing this..."

    — The Local, 2022/06/03

  • "There is no serious anti-gun movement in the US."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2022/05/25

  • "Trump has never had to re-establish himself."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/11/02

  • "[Facebook's] monopoly is harmful to people. ...Biden wants to change that and put consumers ahead of the big companies."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/10/05

  • "There is an unfortunate geographical boundary that divides people [on abortion in the US]."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/09/02

  • "There is little appetite to alter the constitutional structure of Swedish bureaucracy. But it is time to ask: is administrative dualism fit for purpose in the 21st century?"

    — The Local, 2021/08/17

  • "It is important to understand that [Andrew Cuomo] not only did something that is considered morally reprehensible, but that he actually broke the law."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/08/03

  • "[This story] says something about the extent of the structural racism that exists in Sweden today. And that Swedish companies do not live up to their responsibility to respect human rights to a sufficient degree."

    — Dagens Nyheter, 2021/07/30

  • "Israel and Palestine have always been difficult to talk about in the United States. But now it is as if the dams have burst."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/05/20

  • "No politician wants to be the reason why the broken bridge on the way to work is not repaired."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/03/30

  • "The stimulus package is [Biden's] hallmark, if he can not get it through Congress, he appears weak."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/02/25

  • "McConnell is a popular and effective legislator. Should he help bring down Trump, Republicans will be split down the middle."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/02/13

  • "[Lisa Murkowski] has undermined Donald Trump before."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/01/14

  • "To no longer be able to say that the US has had 220 years of peaceful transfers of power - it is a hard blow psychologically."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2021/01/07

  • Commented on President-elect Biden's transition process (television broadcast)

    — SVT, 2020/11/11

  • "Donald Trump loves to talk about China, which he believes caused the pandemic. But both parties are worried about China's growing power."

    — SVT Nyheter, 2020/11/11

  • "[Conceding after losing] has happened in every election that I can remember."

    — Dagens Nyheter, 2020/11/08

  • "[Trump] says that he has won and we have seen that the president stands by his convictions. It would be characteristic of him not to change course."

    — Dagens Nyheter, 2020/11/08

  • "It could lead to a constitutional crisis if [Trump] tries to pardon himself, no one has tried to do it before."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/11/08

  • Commented on US Presidential election results (television broadcast)

    — Aftonbladet TV, 2020/11/07

  • "DC statehood is a major priority issue, because it is very strongly democratic and the residents pay federal tax but do not have the right to vote on the issue."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/11/05

  • "I don't think I've seen a Swedish politician comment publicly on the fact that more than 500 children have been separated from their parents by the current [US] administration and the parents and children cannot be reunited. Forcibly taking a child away from their parent should be part of [Sweden's] feminist foreign policy and yet it's not something that's criticised."

    — The Local, 2020/11/04

  • "Biden has pledged to stop the trade wars but not necessarily to roll back the existing tariffs. From a business perspective, I don't think Swedish or global companies will be that affected, at least in the short term."

    — Svenska Dagbladet Live Stream, 2020/11/04

  • "In 2016, [Trump] said that eleven million illegal migrants voted, but there was no evidence for that then and there is no evidence for that now."

    — Aftonbladet TV, 2020/11/04

  • "The winner could be announced in hours."

    — Dagens industri, 2020/11/04

  • Commented on US Presidential election outcome scenarios (television broadcast)

    — Aftonbladet TV, 2020/11/03

  • Commented on US Presidential election night (television broadcast)

    — Aftonbladet TV, 2020/11/03

  • "[The US] is a riven nation right now."

    — Svenska Dagbladet Live Stream, 2020/11/03

  • "A large group who, however, vote by post are found at the universities."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/10/25

  • "If Trump wins, the United States will be preoccupied with internal affairs and withdraw even more from the world stage. Trump is not interested in global issues. It would also weaken the EU, which means that Russia can advance its positions."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/10/20

  • "Trump is taking a risk with this outspoken criticism. Fauci is popular in the US."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/10/19

  • "Donald Trump is like Teflon: nothing sticks to him. ...However, I do not think he won the 2016 election because he is a big businessman. It had more to do with his way of talking about immigration and jobs."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/09/28

  • "Some research shows that Supreme Court justices who had the swing vote have not always been the most center-oriented in the Court."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/09/25

  • "[Trump's battle with TikTok] gives him the opportunity to talk about China in a negative way, which has appealed to his voters before."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/09/17

  • "There is no evidence that people vote according to their role models in the world of sports. It is more likely that [professional athletes' involvement in] a movement like Black Lives Matter can grow further and indirectly attract votes."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/08/27

  • "[Farmers] said that they trusted [Trump] and that [tariffs on trade] were a good policy in the long run. It is economically irrational and from a political perspective difficult to understand."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/07/14

  • "The Democrats have assumed the role of the responsible party in the coronavirus crisis and cannot, while maintaining credibility, initiate mass rallies with a risk of spreading infection."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/06/16

  • "Although about 30% of votes in the [primary] states seems to be a ceiling for Sanders, Biden does not yet have a majority. Financially, there are no signs that Sanders would give up."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/03/18

  • "Elizabeth Warren seems to have difficulties attracting minorities and people with lower education, which is a paradox as her agenda is aimed at precisely these groups. ...Had there been ranked-choice voting, Warren would probably have reached a more prominent position."

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2020/03/03

  • “That's why not many people cared when Apple launched phones with face recognition. The concern is more about the state being able to monitor the population... It is linked to the fear that the police will use facial recognition to identify and deport migrants, but also silence dissidents.”

    — Svenska Dagbladet, 2019/09/02

  • "The election is a referendum on what kind of great power the United States should be - if any at all."

    — Dagens industri, 2016/11/08

  • "It's not clear that the countries to which [Trump] would be returning immigrants would accept them."

    — Friktion on SVT, 2016/10/25

  • "Trump has proposed to create a database of all Muslims in the United States... This could violate things like the equal protection clause in the 14th Amendment."

    — Friktion on SVT, 2016/10/25

  • "[Hillary Clinton] wants to implement the Paris Climate Agreement without having to go through Congress because Congress is full of people who don't believe in climate change."

    — Friktion on SVT, 2016/10/25

  • "[Trump] wants to make it impossible for Mexican-Americans living in the United States to send remittances."

    — Friktion on SVT, 2016/10/25

  • "There are about 1.2 trillion dollars of student loans as part of the US economy right now. ...Hillary Clinton really has to have her party in power in Congress [to decrease the burden of debt]."

    — Friktion on SVT, 2016/10/25

  • Commented on Trump's pledge to build a wall along the US-Mexico border (television broadcast)

    — SVT, 2016/10/18

  • "People who have decided to vote for Trump would not have done so if [his tax] declarations were a concern."

    — TT, 2016/10/02

  • "I think [Hillary Clinton's] goal with the debate was to get under Trump's skin and make him angry, and I think she succeeded quite well with that."

    — TT, 2016/09/27

  • "In the US, there is a strong tradition of athletes showing political activism. But it is more common for them to show support for a social movement than for a particular politician."

    — Dagens Nyheter, 2016/09/26

  • "Personally, I do not think the question [of Hillary Clinton's pneumonia] would have been as inflated if she were a man."

    — TT, 2016/09/12

  • "Trump spoke of a dark future for the United States, a devastated country in a time of poverty and crime, while Hillary did the exact opposite."

    — TT, 2016/07/29

  • "[Ted Cruz's departure from the race] is surprising, especially since John Kasich is still in the race. I'm not sure if he will also quit now. It feels almost ridiculous that he is the only one challenging.

    — TT, 2016/05/04

  • "As for the [US-Mexico border] wall, economists have shown that one would cost significantly more to build than Trump said."

    — TT, 2016/05/04

  • "The alliance between Ted Cruz and John Kasich to overthrow Donald Trump doesn't seem to be working."

    — STT, 2016/04/27

  • "If you want to win the presidential election, you must in general win Pennsylvania."

    — TT, 2016/04/24

  • "New York is interesting - it includes one of the world's most powerful cities with Wall Street banks, but also small towns where many workers lost their jobs due to globalization. Both winners and losers in the new economy go to the polls."

    — TT, 2016/04/18

  • "Trump's messages are based on xenophobia."

    — TT, 2016/03/16

  • "Many people also thought that the Republican Party would fall apart when the Tea Party movement emerged, but instead they adapted."

    — TT, 2016/03/04

  • "[Trump] will question Clinton's credibility and play on people's feelings that she has been corrupted by rich donors."

    — Dagens Nyheter, 2016/03/03

  • "People are disappointed. They want someone big outside the political establishment, and there Clinton has a disadvantage compared to Trump who comes from business and not from politics."

    — Dagens Nyheter, 2016/03/02

  • Commented on the Super Tuesday primary contest results (television broadcast)

    — TV4 (Sweden), 2016/03/02