August 31st, 2020 | On GPS: How does the world see the United States just two months before the Presidential election? In this special hour of Fareed Zakaria GPS, “How They See Us: A Global View of Trump’s America,”

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🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Fareed talks to world leaders and thinkers about the response to COVID-19, President Trump’s actions on the world stage, American political partisanship, protests over police shootings, and much more. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, and other voices from around the globe tell Fareed how the world sees America at this critical juncture. Plus, Fareed offers his own thoughts; will the U.S. learn the lessons of the pandemic, or is the world witnessing America’s decline?

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0:00.0	It's been a bad summer for the United States.
0:07.9	The superpower and leader of the free world has fumbled its response to COVID-19.
0:16.2	Now America leads the world in COVID cases and deaths.
0:21.6	Then there was the brutal killing caught on camera of another black man at the hands of
0:25.5	police.
0:27.5	The death inspired thousands and thousands of angry Americans to take to the streets.
0:33.5	Meanwhile the ugly political partisanship and deadlock in the US gets worse by the day.
0:38.3	These people at clowns.
0:40.6	On the world stage President Trump has been running roughshod over the old rules just about
0:45.8	every moment of his presence.
0:47.9	Many trade deals will soon be under renegotiations, moving to pull America out of the climate
0:52.6	change agreement.
0:53.8	The Iran nuclear war and most recently the World Health Organization.
0:59.6	He's upset traditional allies, though he has made some interesting new friends.
1:06.5	So how does the world see us at this critical junction?
1:10.4	Just two months before presidential election that will either keep Donald Trump in office
1:16.0	for another four years or kick him out.
1:20.7	What is what we will explore this hour in?
1:23.4	How they see us, a global view of Trump's America.
1:30.2	We'll start the show with Tony Blair.
1:31.8	The former British Prime Minister has been a loyal friend to America.
1:35.9	How does he see the US in the Trump era?
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