January 26, 2020 | On GPS: Trump on trial-the view from abroad; containing the coronavirus; previewing Trump's Middle East peace plan

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 26 January 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Airdate January 26 2020: How does the world look at America's impeachment spectacle? Will China stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus? Will Trump's long-awaited plan actually bring peace to the Middle East? Fareed speaks to an all-star panel to answer these pressing questions. Then, from the World Economic Forum in Davos, exclusive interviews with two leaders who face turmoil in their homelands. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam tells Fareed about the protests that have been rocking her island territory of China & Iraqi Pres. Barham Salih talks about his nation's intent to eject American troops from Iraqi soil (and his conversation with President Trump about that intention). GUESTS: Zanny Minton Beddoes, Martin Indyk, Kishore Mahbubani, Pres. Barham Salih, Chief Executive Carrie Lam

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:10.0	I'm Farid Zikariyak coming to you live from Paris.
0:16.0	Today on the show...
0:18.0	Here you hear, here you hear.
0:20.0	The President on trial.
0:22.0	The United States Senate is supposed to be the world's greatest deliberative body.
0:28.0	As it lived up to that building this week, I'll get views from around the world.
0:36.0	Also some terrific interviews from Davos.
0:40.0	I sat down there with the President of Iraq.
0:44.0	When we talked, Baram Sali had just had what he called a candid conversation with Donald Trump.
0:52.0	Did he tell Trump to get American troops out of Iraq?
0:58.0	And Carrie Lam, the chief executive of Hong Kong.
1:04.0	She stuck in between Beijing and the protesters.
1:08.0	Will China send in the army?
1:10.0	Or will it exceed to the protesters' demands?
1:28.0	Thank you, Mr. Chief Justice.
1:30.0	We'll get to my take in a bit.
1:32.0	But right now, on Saturday, the impeachment trial of Donald Trump in the United States Senate went into its next phase.
1:40.0	When the President's lawyers began their defense.
1:42.0	At this point, there is no expectation that Trump will actually be removed from office.
1:48.0	In the end, this is an essentially party line vote, which means the President will remain in the Oval Office.
1:54.0	But how is the world watching this whole spectacle?
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