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 from New York.

Today on the program,

goodbye, President Trump.

Hello, President Putin.

The Russian leader visited Chinese President Xi Jinping this week,

following swiftly in the American entourage's footsteps.

We'll explore the ins and outs of the Beijing, Moscow axis, and more

with Richard Haas and Kishore Mabuban.

Also, as the class of 2026 is unleashed on the job market in the age of AI,

Derek Thompson will enlighten us on just how bad it is out there for these graduates.

Then, Jody Cantor of the New York Times will explain how these young adults can find their passions and pursue them.

Finally, what happens to a nation and its citizens amid the decay of democracy?

The author Susie Hansen will tell us how a neighborhood in Istanbul has managed what she

calls the dark punitive mess under Turkey's leader Erdogan.

But first, here's my take.

I think he is a more mature, more disciplined version of himself than he was in his first term.

That's what Jeff Bezos said about President Trump this week. I'm puzzled by this statement from an obviously intelligent and accomplished businessman.

I look at Trump's second term, and I see the ham-handed efforts to annex Greenland in Canada,

massive tariffikes on most of the world,

a cruel immigration crackdown that was both lawless and ineffective,

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