Look to the United Nations to find solace in Trump’s wind of madness

In the UN Charter, we find the truths to guide us, such as saving humanity from the scourge of war, reaffirming faith in fundamental human rights, and the dignity of the human person.

U.S. President Donald Trump shows a newspaper headline during a Feb. 6 address at the White House, after being acquitted in the U.S. Senate Impeachment Trial. Douglas Roche writes that even though it was Trump on trial, much more was in the spotlight.White House photograph by D. Myles Cullen

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

February 12, 2020

The failed attempt to convict U.S. President Donald Trump in the impeachment trial has thrown me, just one person, off balance. I’m usually pretty steady in the cross currents of political fire, but now I find myself caught up in what UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls a “wind of madne...

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