Fareed Zakaria

The backlash is already big. And soon Americans are really going to feel the pain of these tariffs. https://t.co/S9jBxmfm9k

DOGE has been firing masses of workers, but the federal bureaucracy is small compared w/ other rich countries & is about the same size as it was 50 yrs ago Plus, it’s worth remembering where the real money is. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other mandatory spending

Pres. Trump & Elon Musk have set about slashing gov’t—laying off workers, gutting USAID, etc. There have been notable mistakes. But here’s the bigger point to keep in mind: Most of the money is not to be found in these programs but rather in Social Security, Medicare, veterans’ https://t.co/V9RTJJmpfq

Americans have always been ready to move in search of better opportunities, but they are relocating at historically low rates today. I asked @TheAtlantic’s @YAppelbaum why that is and what its impact is on American society. https://t.co/6KQYRLpxYD

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement and banned from running in her country’s next presidential election. I spoke with @TheEconomist Paris Bureau Chief @PedderSophie, who says "nobody had expected the decision by the judges to be this severe." https://t.co/pSTe3SkTVL

This week Israel declared a new strategy in its war against Hamas: to divide up Gaza and seize more territory there. I asked former Israeli PM @barak_ehud about where the war is headed: https://t.co/Sz0VI5riyU

Trump's tariffs are a "severe disruption" says former German Minister for Economic Affairs @peteraltmaier on today's GPS: https://t.co/S5dvQcCxd5

President Trump’s tariffs are a capricious, destructive and dumb use of American power. His 19th century fantasy might well end up dragging America back to what it was then — a poorer country marginal to the great currents of global economics and politics. My take: https://t.co/yxpiscMQ6L

DOGE may seem sudden & disruptive, but it’s the expression of a long-held conservative goal of reducing the size & cost of gov’t As Reagan said in his first inaugural address in ’81, “In this present crisis, gov’t is not the solution to our problem; gov’t is the problem” https://t.co/1CAyDIAeVd

RT @kyleichan: All Americans should think about this chart https://t.co/tRA5N6Qv5r

On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET today on @CNN: I’ll ask fmr German Economy Minister @peteraltmaier about Pres. Trump’s tariffs, fmr Israeli Prime Minister @barak_ehud about the IDF’s new strategy in Gaza, @PedderSophie about Marine Le Pen’s bombshell conviction, and @TheAtlantic’s https://t.co/jT6lAv6l4i

Since the New Deal, the right has wanted to reduce the size of gov’t. If you want to know how past efforts turned out—and what they can tell us about Pres. Trump, Elon Musk & DOGE—tune in to @CNN tomorrow night (Sunday) @ 8pm ET/PT for my latest special https://t.co/CAou3wb2uw

On GPS, @ 10am & 1pm ET Sunday on @CNN … • We know how Americans are reacting to Pres. Trump’s tariffs. What about the rest of the world? I’ll talk w/ former German Economy Minister @peteraltmaier • As Israel shifts its strategy in Gaza, former Israeli Prime Minister

What do Trump, Gingrich, Reagan and Goldwater have in common? They’re all part of a decades-long conservative effort to reduce the size & scope of gov’t. Sunday @ 8pm ET/PT, I’ll tell that story in my latest @CNN special, “The War on Government” https://t.co/bVOyUk4Upc

RT @maddenifico: Fareed Zakaria is not wrong. 😳👇 https://t.co/0HXo636Pju

RT @SvenningDalgard: Biggest economic policy error of my lifetime’: Fareed Zakaria gives blunt assessment of Trump tariffs https://t.co/oD7…

Pres. Trump & Elon Musk have laid off federal workers and gutted a whole agency, searching for budget savings It’s the fulfillment of decades of conservative attempts to scale down gov’t, which goes back to reactions against the New Deal I’ll examine that history Sunday https://t.co/JCetnbcNbG