This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.

I'm Farid Zakarya.

Today on the show, a bombshell from the Pentagon.

Defense Secretary James Madness announces his resignation.

Just a day after we learned President Trump intends to pull all American troops out of Syria.

First of all, McMaster, then Kelly, now Madness. Where have all of Trump's generals gone?

And what does their departure mean for American foreign policy?

Our last rigid house to make sense of all of it.

And we'll take a step back from the apparent onslaught of bad news.

Is the current situation in America and Europe around the world as bad as many think?

Or are we, in fact, living in one of the most prolific, productive, safe times in history?

Stephen Pinker versus Neil Ferguson.

Finally, I'll introduce you to a young woman whom you will surely want to meet.

We have run out of excuses and we are running out of time.

We have come here to let you know that change is coming, whether you like it or not.

She's trying to do nothing less than save the world.

But first, here's my take.

Emmanuel Macron has been the great hope for those who worry that global politics is being dominated by populism, nationalism or racism.

In his presidential campaign last year, Macron was able to rally France around a message of reform and even multilateralism.

Now Macron has been humbled by the yellow vest street protests.

He was forced to backtrack on some of his reforms and adopt new budget-busting subsidies in an attempt to modify the mob.

And there is the mess in Britain as it keeps trying and failing to Brexit.

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