The Global Square: Navigating Economic and Political Challenges
2/22/202643 min
On GPS this week, we dive deep into NYC's economic crisis and the growing American military presence in the Middle East. Tune in as we explore these critical issues with expert insights.
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First 90 secondsFareed Zakaria· Host0:00
[clapping] This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. I'm Fareed Zakaria, coming to you live from New York. Today on the program, [upbeat music] massive amounts of American firepower sit in the waters around Iran. This flotilla, as Donald Trump calls it, awaits the president's order to strike the Islamic Republic. I'll examine what such attacks might accomplish and what the pitfalls would be. Then, President Trump has said that tariff is the most beautiful word, but now his signature program has suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Supreme Court. What happens now? I'll talk to the experts. Also, Facebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg went to court this week as a witness in a trial centered on claims that social media platforms like his are detrimental to kids. I will talk to Jonathan Haidt about what is at stake. But first, here's my take. Zohran Mamdani ran on a promise to make New York affordable.
Michael Ian Black1:12
A mandate for a city we can afford!
Fareed Zakaria· Host1:15
[cheering] Last week, he unveiled a budget that is, in a word, unaffordable. New York has been fiscally profligate for so long that the headline number, one hundred and twenty-seven billion