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

around the world. I'm Farid Zakarya coming to you live from New York.

Today on the program, the indictment of Donald J. Trump, I'll give you my take on this

historic moment. And more than a year after Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the battle for

Baphneut rages on. What are the lessons we can draw from Putin's protracted war? And how

can Ukrainians win this fight? I last the military strategist who commanded many high-profile

missions throughout his career, including the raid on Osama bin Laden. Retired maybe

four star Admiral William McRaven. Finally, a very special conversation with one of the

world's greatest film directors. I sit down with James Cameron to discuss the role of

technology and movie making, his passionate work to protect the planet, and what he thinks

explains the stunning global success of his movies.

But first, here's my take. The news of Donald Trump's indictment has left me feeling torn.

On the one hand, Trump is a walking advertisement for rich privilege. For decades, he has

flouted rules, norms, and even laws as he climbed his way to the top, brazenly convinced

that the usual standards didn't apply to him. His company was found guilty of tax fraud.

He has been taken to court countless times for unpaid bills, and he has even stolen money

from his own charities. For those of you who saw John Stewart on GPS last week, that was

the gist of his passionate argument. John is certainly right that the law should not

care about the popularity of a person or the political effect of an indictment, and no

one can really be sure what that effect would be in the long run anyway. And yet, this

case is not simply one of the law in all its impartial majesty holding somebody to account.

The prosecutor, Alvin Bragg, is an elected district attorney who ran a campaign for

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