June 2, 2019: As Trump gets ready to go to the UK & Europe, what's the state of play there politically?

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 2 June 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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President Trump arrives in the London Monday for a visit to the UK then Europe. It's a tumultuous time politically across the road - where do thing stand? And, Tiananmen Square 30 years after Beijing's brutal crackdown: how much has China changed? How much has stayed the same? Guests: Anne Applebaum, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Beppe Servignini, Jiayang Fan, Nicholas Kristof, Jamie Metzl

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:04.2	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.4	I'm Farid Zakaria.
0:11.0	Today on the show, the president meets the queen.
0:19.6	Trump is about to embark on a state visit to Britain.
0:22.6	A nation beset by Brexit-Bedall.
0:26.4	Then he'll travel to Europe, a divided and politically conflicted continent.
0:33.4	We'll preview the trip and our hornets nest hereby walking into.
0:39.4	Also, 30 years since this haunting photo,
0:43.4	30 years since Chinese troops entered Tiananmen Square and opened five.
0:50.4	30 years later, how much has changed?
0:54.4	How much has stayed the same?
0:57.4	Nick Kristoff and Jayang Pham joined me.
1:03.4	Finally, from the Global Public Square to the Extra-Terrestrial One.
1:10.4	Are UFOs a real phenomenon?
1:14.4	The US government may finally be seeing the light.
1:19.4	But first, here's my take.
1:21.4	Last week's election results for the European Parliament were mixed,
1:25.4	which meant that every site could claim a victory of sorts.
1:28.4	Right wing populists did gain ground,
1:30.4	but so did some decidedly left wing parties like the Greens.
1:34.4	The only clear conclusion is that the traditional parties that have dominated the continent's politics
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