Fareed Zakaria just made one of the most brilliant observations I've heard about the Trump situation: "Constitutions are based on something of a bluff .... and Trump has called that bluff."

I have been watching Fareed for some time now. He is brilliant ! A gift for explaining complicated subjects, in an honest, thoughtful and understanding way. Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

What a brilliant and thought provoking mind.Always enjoy watching him on CNN

I have so much respect and admiration for Fareed Zakaria, especially as someone such as myself who is of Indian descent.

Always love listening to Fareed. Always thought provoking

"The Strange Death of Europe", Douglas Murray. From my Lebanese Syriac Maronite perspective, it is a must read book, full of facts and statistics.

I am always respectful of Fareed's take on current issues. He is one of my favorite journalists.

Thank you Sir, excellent analysis

So sorry in the loss of your mom Frareed.

This man is a genius and true American Patriot.

This guy is just brilliant. CNN should hire more like this. Scholars. Experts are experts, I pay taxes to support our experts. Be humble and believe in the hive of democracy.

Thank you for the upload.

Thanks!

Very broad, comprehensive, rich and unbiased presentation of many key issues that world is facing today. Kudo to Dr. Zaharia. Also well coverage by the moderator.

Uber make travelling less expensive. The taxi medallion holders in all the big cities are millionaires but the taxi driver gets peanuts.

I like to watch DR. Zakaria's SUNDAY show and his specials. As a keen and well informed observer, he has the world situations down pat. Missing however in his analysis of the US is the power of MONEY and how the neoliberals have used Trump (yes, tribalism) to confirm their dominance of the US economy and culture. I was disappointed that nobody asked a question along those lines. Nobody knew what how Putin would interfere in Ngorno Karabazh with the current outcome. I am more hopeful than he is about the eventual successes of coalition governments of the Europe, Australia, N. Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan etc than he is although he says he admires them or at least Denmark. The key is better education, of course. If the educated elite of Hong Kong leaves the only point of China incorporating it is national pride and they know it. Similarly with Taiwan, a huge success Chang could never have dreamed of, culturally, financially, commercially and with the pandemic.

Did anyone ask Zakaria why he would call Trump "presidential" for bombing someone? What set of actual moral standards does that betray?

as always, an very insightful political/economical observer...

Great invite. TQ.

Obrigada Sr. Zacaria, o jornalismo é um excelente recurso para defender a diplomacia entre as nações. Eu não o conhecia, pesquisei sua biografia reduzida no Google. 1964 nascimento, Rafiq segundo nome, filhos e esposa. Você deseja ser presidente nos Estados Unidos da América? Ok. Aguardo. Um abraço.

I have so much respect.

Another brilliant articulations from Fareed concerning the current geo political situations

Fareed Zakaria is the BEST !!

I heard Mr. President Jair Messias Bolssonaro twice being remembered in this speech. This is good.

Let's speak the truth: The US political system has become a joke!

I like the girl passing around the mic

well said

Can you believe it? As an American I learn more about the US politics and culture complex thru bunch of kids from an English college…

je ne sais pas bien mais je vous remercier ce que vous a fait ca.

This speech could have been written by a philosopher toward the end of the late, Western Empire. 'The Barbarians are coming! What should we do?'' Trump: 'Great! Cheap labour.' Liberals: 'Great! More Liberal Voters.' Neither: 'Defend the Frontiers.'

Fareed Zakaria as president of USA..... Perfect

Fascinating. Spot on about Hong Kong.

I subscribe to cable and CNN in the US, I never get to see his reporting here, is he only international? If that’s the case, America is missing out

Why this doesn't have millions views

Very realistic analysis of political trends

Fareed talk about different dynamics which is of course correct. I wonder if the single most important change to the drivers which shape our society is the enormous tolerance we seem to have acquired for lying. The truth is indeed a slippery concept but it is relatively easy to identify an out right lie. If bear faced lying could be made somehow illegal it would improve our society somewhat.

Brilliant examination and conversation. Should be required viewing for all.

If he's talking about the economic crisis of 2008, it most definitely was not caused by the private sector. On the contrary! It was caused by a combination of the government telling banks that they needed to make housing loans to people who, it was questionable, were going to be able to pay them back. Second point: those banks were also deregulated ... by the government, and so, were allowed to bundle those questionable loans and sell them. This error, earlier on in this video , 9:30, makes me hesitant to trust the rest of this talk.

Uber is nothing more than competition against the monopoly of taxis

No worries, the global virus will save us from our tribalism. 1) Clean food (veganism). 2) Clean energy (EV's, solar, etc.). 3) Clean currency (Bitcoin). You can join this tribe only if you adopt ALL 3! (I expect to be a tribe of 1, unfortunately.)

Just for the sake of argument, suggestive of geopolitical importance, the GDP and population sizes of the following COUNTRIES and CITIES: "Countries": Hong Kong -- 7.5 million, approx the size of Israel (by GDP -- approx #32) Taiwan -- 23.8 million, a bit smaller than Australia (by GDP -- approx #20) Australia -- 25 million, approx the size of North Korea (by GDP -- approx #14) Cities: Beijing -- 21.5 million Chongqing -- 30.5 million Shanghai -- 24.2 million London -- 9 million Washington D.C. -- 706 thousand

It will be possible to receive translation or an application with a headset, activated by voice. I like people who master a speech and the education of those who listen. thanks.

Who is the anchor?

Nixon? It was bi-partisan, Republican Senators went to Nixon and told him it was over, time to go, so Fareed is again wrong about the stereotype of "Republicans Get In Line". Goldwater and Baker followed the law, and so did Nixon, eventually.

Farid Zakaria I sincerely recommend that you read Christopher Jon Bjerkness books available at CJB books or tune into to Adam Green of KNM and get his correct address on the Internet. Allan.

Every country family person has a culture. And they tend to be protective of it.

He is a perfect example of immigrant success.

No mention of Africa by anyone !. If this had been an Asiancentric forum, African immigrants would be front and center .

Fared you aren't mentioning the weaponization of social media, official term, The manipulation of information, and people.

As long as congress remains at war with itself and continues to be ineffective, actually paralyzed, someone has to step up to conduct business.

Dr. Zakaria is a brilliant thinker with valuable insights into the workings of American politics today and their parallels abroad, weakened only by his persistent bias that left wing ideology is somehow preferable to individual freedom; free markets; and, small government. Trump may be a despicable person worthy of disdain, but compared to Biden he is a better choice for President by a country mile. His use of the term "right wing populism" is uttered as a pejorative but is in fact the equivalent of "common sense".

The only guy that should not be working at CNN. He has to much class for them.

He is immigrant also from Mumbai.

What about the religion that can't be named?

His observation about the obnoxious truth about "Donnie's" display of the KFC & Big Mac says something more.... I'm just like you I don't care about my health or anything legitimately important - just ride the wave and take everything for granted 😜

We only have a 2 party system controlled by industrialist if you cannot debate to the people you will lose to be an independent you cannot debate and people who are denied to debate lose. industrialist own both parties no options . so we vote the lesser evil no option

worth watching but see marx/engles/parenti/icke/hedges/mao/Bolsheviks

36:25 mins in- that aged well

commisar zak

Fox News started what is now the new political culture

Is every question a "great question"? Apparently so.

What makes this CJ think his views are better than anyone else???

*Does the Senate's rejection to call additional witnesses who will testify to Trump's inability to run the country mean the Senate will fail its task to investigate whether Trump is suitable as President of the United States despite alleged attempts to exploit Congress appropriated financial aid to Ukraine in order to gain a personal political advantage in the 2020 election?* To determine that in a dispassionate impartial manner following facts have to be considered: In *Article 1 of Impeachment* the House managers put forward a chain of events which took place in 2019 and comprised all the impeachable actions that Trump supposedly had taken. Those were: (1) asking the newly appointed President of Ukraine to open an investigation on the Bidens, (2) asking the Ukrainian government to announce that the investigation had been initiated, (3) asking Ukraine to come up with compromising information on the former VP Joe Biden, (4) intending to use that information for personal purposes and in particular to gain politically strategic advantages over Joe Biden who then had announced that he will be running for president and therefore could become a putative political rival in the U.S. 2020 election. The House ascertained that only the latter, _using a foreign power to influence an U.S. election,_ is an impeachable offence sufficient enough to warrant the removal of the President of the United States, which accordingly was the sole subject of the impeachment proceedings from the start. There was no presentation of a single piece of hard proof that evidenced any of the assumed events and therefore assumption N:o 4 could not be verified. As a second consequence the managers were unable to substantiate any tangible motivation for Trump's alleged intention with the deferment between July 25 and Sept. 12, or how it pertained to an election taking place a year and a half later. As for *Article 2 of Impeachment* the principal theme is basically incorrect on point of law. It is not unlawful to ask somebody who has not been subpoenaed to stay away when summoned to a Congressional hearing. Only the individual who refuses to comply with a Congressional subpoena is committing the criminal offense of 'obstruction' against the United States, which is called 'Contempt of Congress'. Since neither Trump nor anyone else was subpoenaed invoking the President's executive privilege would have been redundant. Moreover, a suggestion or proposal as to what is believed to be the best course of action for the country, even if put forward by an authoritative body, is not an impeachable offense. When examining the grounds for impeachment the Senate observed these inaccuracies as sufficient grounds for adjudicating on Article 1 and Article 2 respectively, hence the total impeachment, and for that reason voted for not calling any more witnesses and settle with those who already had been heard by the House during the impeachment inquiry and referred to in the Senate trial. Thus, as the inquiry in the House will not continue in the Senate, the majority of its members consider the Senate is prepared to try the legal validity of the allegations and then deliberate over one single issue, namely whether the charges in accordance with the Constitution will suffice for removal of President Trump from office. To prevent and counteract any suggestion of bias pertaining to the fact it is a Republican dominated Senate it will by necessity scrutinize the constitutional foundation of previous impeachments and conduct an objective and meticulously thorough investigation of the material provided by the parties prior to delivering its final determination tomorrow (Wednesday at 4 p.m.).

didn't he say these movements all have one thing in common: immigration but then later on said its not about immigration??

funny, what made this guy think US has any say in China's domestic issue?

Even the small city that I lived in (40,000) was a blue spot in a red county. It's all over. Thing is, as immigrants moved into our city, people who didn't like immigrants moved out. Yet, they see themselves as the victims. I've overheard racist diatribes. As one of the other white customers, I've stood up for Mexican-American customers being harassed by white men in a Mexican-American restaurant. Really, the hubris of that was quite shocking. When I got a flat and was on the side of the road at night who passed me by? Plenty of white folk. Who stopped? Recent Muslim immigrants who graciously changed my tire.

The leftists are very good at throwing "right wing populism" at anything they dislike. I would like to have a definition first from Mr. Fareed Zackaria. To be honest I am sure that he has no idea what it is. He just feels it nice to throw it around. For instance, firstly Zackaria says that right wing populism is caused by immigration, then he admits that the right wing populism also surges in countries without immigration problems, without realizing that he is contradicting himself.

Fareed Zakaria has one principle never question the system and the powerful. A smart and intelligent guy but very cynical. Not a guy for change.

Ayattollah Farid Zakaria .

The weakness of identifying emigration as the primary driver of right-wing populism is that it ignores the brotherhood of billionaires that have common interests--certainly including the exploitation of third-world countries, leaving them historically bereft of both human and material resources--about which they communicate with one another, both formally and informally; and that they have had a common purpose, plan, and operation to achieve these ends, with roots extending back more than a century and a half, and on which they have been singularly focused for much of the latter half of the 20th century and up to the present. Insufficiently regulated capitalism is at the heart of emigration from the third world to the first world during the latter half of the 20th century.

Now you are implying that there is such a thing as the "McDonald Eating Class"? Hard to believe,

The 3 leg it stool that farmers use , just like a tripod Capitalism, Socialism & Economics are all integrated with each other. Adam Smith Karl Marx Joseph Schumpeter & Wilfredo Pareto 4 of the greatest Economic Thinkers. Professed and Brought to light to the world As the population of the world grows from now 7.5 Billion people, the 3 system will continue to be more integrated with each other & relevant In Spain some of the companies have adopted & incorporated That CEO’s & CFO’s can only make a multiplier of the lowest payed employees

Andrew Yang is the best democratic candidate. 21 st century thinker. Bottom up not trickle down.

An intellectual

Capitalism + Culture + Caste + Communication --->>> Chaos

Inequality is the wrong question since we are assuming wealth stays constant. The right question is the welfare of the lower groups.

Gold economy and new

@48.00 min ..........your wish

China has a dictatorship. Now it will go down as they eat anything, cats, dogs, spider, cockroaches. So it has got a coronavirus.

Perhaps the problem is that there is no left wing parties

I hope azamati was there this time.

This is nonsense. The founders instituted an architecture of three co-equal branches of government. We functional according to an ideal that we constantly reach for; not to expediency.

ten minutes in when is he gona say some thing ?

51:43 American isolationists?? US would still have only 13 colonist states, never mind over a hundred military bases around the world (nothing wrong with that as these are under the acquiescence of the host countries or territories). Hegemon is good if you are a benign and tolerant leader for the common good, but a no no when it deteriorates into a do as I say relationship.

We are not a melting pot we are a pot of marbles that want to keep their culture roots , laws , and leverage their minority instead or being a national patriot

“China is an uneasy fit” ?? You are still not through.

ppl would listen to anybody these days

I would add in times of stress there is a scarcity mentality that the right champions, I think I'm channeling Hedges here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9BjpqWqt6eVc6M.html

hes good but was a bit off with Russia not invading its neighbors. but who could have predicted that crazy move

Immigration is a failed explanation. Just look at Bolsonaro in Brazil. Not at all about immigration.

Trmpo the Clown has been weighed, drawn and measuresdand found wanting

Just because you have a higher degree DOES not mean you are smarter, better capable to deal with reality, or better in terms of morality.

Not true 1 in 10 in HK and Taiwan wanted independent. It more like 50/50.

Fareed is talking about managed decline, but in a disingenuous way.

38:53 Did he just said mass immigration and economy collapse? So, he knows mass immigration and illegal immigration are bad except when it is said by Donald Trump.

Hey im a brown guy who sounds smart can I get an Oxford speech??

Why did you go to a country that is ruled by a queen not a democracy and why is their name "Great"

I didn't hear this criticism when Obama was in power.

More than 80% of highly educated engineers actually work in management and aren't directly involved in manufacturing.

It is not left or right but ignorance there is hope just start using uer brain