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Fareed Zakaria

Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS; columnist, The Washington Post, CNN

Search every verified Fareed Zakaria interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. During the past two months, Fareed Zakaria has continued to host his CNN program and deliver commentary on U.S. foreign policy, domestic politics, and technology. In his on-air segments and interviews, he has criticized the Trump administration's approach to the conflict with Iran, arguing that despite tactical military successes, the war lacks a clear political objective and that the administration has not resolved whether it seeks policy change or regime change. He has also commented on Trump's relationship with Russia and Ukraine, suggesting that the president has sided with dictators over democratic allies. On domestic matters, Zakaria described California as a "case study in failed governance," contending that its private sector outperforms while its government struggles, particularly on homelessness, and discussed the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, saying Trump's approval ratings are low and that the outcome will likely hinge on public dissatisfaction. Zakaria has also focused on artificial intelligence, arguing in several programs that the development of AI systems poses risks because of their autonomy and agency, and he has called for greater government oversight and mandatory testing before the most capable systems are deployed. He has additionally discussed U.S.-China relations, advocating for "managed interdependence" rather than full decoupling, and has commented on issues such as Trump's tariffs, the scaling back of U.S.-South Korea military exercises, and the war in Ukraine, where he noted the disparity between Ukrainian and U.S. drone production. Across these appearances, he frequently attributed his views to his own analysis of current events rather than reporting new facts.

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“The ultimate danger lies in nuclear weapons. In 1963, John F. Kennedy warned that the world might have 15 or 20 nuclear powers by 1975. More than eight decades after Hiroshima, however, there are only nine. Arms control treaties mattered, but more crucial was the American nuclear umbrella, which spared countries such as Germany, Japan, and South Korea the need to develop their own bombs. That restraint is already wea”

“Elon Musk picked the wrong moment to lecture Indians. Frustrated that Starlink had not been cleared to launch in that country, he accused the government of protecting Mukesh Ambani, whose telecom network Jio will launch its own satellite service. Musk cast himself as the champion of ordinary Indians against one of the country's richest men. It backfired. India's government dismissed his accusation as baseless. An inf”

“I was horrified, but I wasn't surprised because it's been clear to me from the very outset that President Trump has been on Russia's side and has been actually doing what he can to harm Ukraine. And I think it's really important to say that clearly because there are people, the late Senator Lindsey Graham was one of them, who tried to act as if, no, no, no, the president really wants to help Ukraine. You're just misu”

“Rubio is right that the West has sometimes lost confidence in its own traditions and ideals, and it shouldn't. But Rubio himself seems deeply confused about what made the West exceptional. Consider the qualities he celebrates. Courage, strength, ambition, and pride. Genghis Khan had all of these in abundance. So did the Persian emperors, the Russian Zars, and the rulers of Imperial China. Every great civilization has”

“I think most Americans are intelligent enough to realize that this is the largest economy in the history of the world, very complex, very multi-dimensional, largely driven by the private sector. It doesn't have that much to do with a particular president's policies at any given time. The Federal Reserve probably has more to do with the state of the economy than the government, and it's also taking place because of an”

“I think that more than anything else, the basic question of the public satisfaction with the present course is going to determine which way it goes, and what that suggests is that it will go badly for the president because Donald Trump is now at the lowest approval rating of any president since Richard Nixon when he had to resign over Watergate. So there's no question the public disapproves of Trump, not just disappr”

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