This is GPS, the global public square.

Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.

I'm Farid Zakaria coming to you live from New York.

Today on the program, we'll look at President Trump's first major overseas trip to the Middle East.

It was filled with pageantry, a diplomatic surprise, and what the President claims to be

trillions of dollars of deals.

And, retired General Stanley McChrystal, one of America's most highly decorated warfighters,

says character is the most important trait of great leaders and that Donald Trump is lacking in that department.

He'll explain.

Finally, the amazing business story of Barry Diller.

He's had wild success running three completely different businesses.

I'll ask him how he did it.

But first, here's my take.

President Trump's instinct for disruption and tendency to shoot from the hip has caused chaos,

opposition, and abrupt reversals.

But this week, Trump reminded us that sometimes his willingness to take risks and think outside the box can shake

up tired old ways.

In Saudi Arabia, he surprised everyone by meeting with Syria's new leader, a former jihadi,

and announcing that he would remove all U.S. sanctions on the country.

He has also suggested repeatedly that his administration is willing

to make a new nuclear deal with Iran. If so, he could bring a new level of peace and stability

to the Middle East. Trump's newfound interest in an Iran deal is ironic, verging on bizarre.

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