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world. i'm fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. >> today on the program, a world shaking reversal in u.s. foreign policy as europe and. ukraine seem to have become america's new adversaries at the same time as moscow comes in from the cold. >> i'll talk to poland's foreign minister, radek sikorski, an ardent supporter of ukraine and an equally ardent critic of vladimir putin. also, trump's moves at the department of justice have exposed a weakness in the u.s. constitutional system. the president controls the prosecutors. so what's the fix? we'll take lessons from other countries that do it. other ways. yeah, and we'll put a gps fact check on elon musk's claims

about all the so-called fraud he says he's found at usaid. but first, here's my take at the conclusion of talks with the russian delegation in saudi arabia. mike waltz, the u.s. national security adviser, noted that. >> only president trump can do that. >> only president trump could have shifted the global conversation on how to end the ukraine war. secretary of state marco rubio, determined not to be outdone, quickly noted that the first important point he wanted to make was that the only leader in the world who could make this happen is president trump. >> he's the only one in the world that can do that right now. >> welcome to america's new north korea style diplomacy, where our diplomats are more worried about their boss than the adversary. it's true that donald trump has found a lightning fast way to end the war in ukraine. surrender. at least when france fell in 1940, it did so in the wake of a german blitzkrieg that swept through the country. ukraine has

actually held back russian forces for three years now, and despite fighting a much more powerful adversary, even taken some russian land. and yet, the trump administration has preemptively conceded most key russian demands before the formal negotiations have even begun. no return of all the ukrainian territory acquired by force. no nato membership for ukraine, no american troops on ukrainian soil and trump trashed zelenskyy, calling him a dictator and saying he better move fast or he is not going to have a country left. it is no wonder that senior russian officials like former president dmitry medvedev, seem almost giddy with joy. what explains trump's desire to sell out ukraine and cozy up to putin? there have been so many theories about trump and russia, but i think the real story here is about trump and zelenskyy. donald trump views almost

everything from a personal lens and his own relationship with volodymyr zelenskyy has been fraught for many years. in 2016, trump's campaign chairman paul manafort was exposed to have been on the payroll of ukraine's former president viktor yanukovych, a pro-russian politician who fled to safety in russia in 2014 after national protests against him. then came the allegations that russia had interfered in the 2016 elections on trump's behalf, as a defense to those charges. some in trump's orbit convinced him of a strange conspiracy theory that it was actually ukrainians pretending to be russians who were to blame. trump seemed convinced by this explanation. in fact, so much so that in his infamous telephone call with president zelenskyy in july 2019, he asked zelenskyy for two favors. first, he wanted the server that would show these

ukrainian efforts to interfere in the u.s. elections and frame it on the russians. and second, he wanted zelenskyy to launch an investigation into joe biden and his son. the key point here is that zelenskyy did not give in to trump's pressure, even though trump was holding up military aid to ukraine seemingly as leverage. essentially, zelenskyy called trump's bluff. this must have left trump outraged. a personal affront to a man with a healthy ego. trump recently made another ask of zelenskyy a truly bizarre one, even by trump's standards. he demanded a 50% share of ukraine's natural resources like oil, gas and minerals in return for american military aid. zelenskyy rejected this neocolonial demand, but said that some arrangement could be part of a discussion that included security guarantees for ukraine. still, it was a rejection of a trump demand. lev

parnas, the ukrainian american who worked with rudolph giuliani to pursue trump's agenda in ukraine, said to politico. trump hates zelenskyy with passion. and zelenskyy knows it. i would guess that for trump, ukraine is a set of bad memories and zelenskyy is a foreign leader who has not gotten with the program. constant flattery and submission to trump's demands. the result, alas, goes well beyond the personal. it will result in a truly historic surrender of western interests and values built over decades. the united states has long been at the forefront of efforts to make it illegitimate to acquire territory by force after world war two. washington urged that this idea be at the center of the united nations charter. at the nuremberg trials, it required that military aggression be deemed a crime, and it actively supported this

principle, sending troops to fight north korean aggression. in 1950 and iraqi aggression in 1991. the results are noted in the internationalists by oona hathaway and scott shapiro. between 1816 and 1945, there were more than 150 territorial conquests. since 1945, with the international system of rules and norms, the u.s. helped create, territorial conquests have almost completely disappeared, quote unquote. but thanks to donald trump's personal peak, this enduring american achievement is about to be lost. go to cnn.com for a link to my washington post column this week, and let's get started. tomorrow marks three years since

russia invaded ukraine and began europe's deadliest war since world war two. peace might be in the offing, at least according to donald trump and vladimir putin. but at what cost to ukraine and europe? i want to bring in poland's foreign minister, radek sikorski, whose country is ukraine's neighbor and one of its strongest allies. he joins me from washington, d.c., where he met with u.s. secretary of state marco rubio on friday. radek sikorski, welcome to the show. you said after your meeting with with secretary of state rubio that it was your impression that the united states wanted a lasting peace in, in ukraine. do you mean by that? you got assurances that there would be some security guarantees for ukraine, because, after all, that is what has been the problem, the lasting peace part of it. russia has invaded in 2014, invaded in 2022 and potentially could invade again.

>> ukraine, remember, already has security guarantees under the budapest memorandum given back in 1994. i think in return for what was then the world's third largest nuclear nuclear stockpile, which the ukrainians handed over to russia. ukraine also has a border treaty with russia that guaranteed the border between two countries, and three years after the war. after the beginning of the invasion, ukraine has defended the great bulk of its territory. the best guarantee for ukraine is the almost million man army, which is manning the foxholes and heroically resisting russian aggression. but yes, if we are to have a durable peace, it has to be one that both sides can live with. above all, the victim of aggression. >> what do you understand? the

united states strategy right now? president trump is frankly trashing zelenskyy, calling him a dictator, saying he was being a very weak negotiator. doesn't he really need to be at the negotiation table? uh, secretary of defense has essentially conceded several of the russia's demands, saying it's unrealistic to expect that ukraine will get back all its territory, ruled out, nato membership ruled out. u.s. troops on in ukraine. and now the united states is thwarting, uh, u.n. resolution, which says that russian aggression is to blame for this conflict. what do you think is the strategy here? >> i think every new administration always takes a bit of time to find its feet and to assess the full information from intelligence agencies and so on, and is talking to allies. i was very glad to be able to speak to first general kellogg, then marco rubio, also to the

national security advisor, waltz, and consultations with allies are good things. but remember, it's ukraine that decides whether she wants to fight or not. this is i was in munich and you know what happened in munich in 38? the czechoslovakia was dictated to, but that was because czechoslovakia wasn't ready to fight alone and didn't have allies. ukraine is fighting and rather successfully defeated the russians at sea, for example, and has allies. we in europe have said that we will continue to support ukraine come what may. >> will poland back the american alternative to the ukrainian resolution in the general assembly? the ukrainian one squarely says russian aggression caused this conflict. the united states has resolution essentially deletes that sentence and makes no reference to russian aggression. >> we need to call a spade a

spade. three years ago, there was an overwhelming vote in the un general assembly condemning the russian aggression, and this continues to be the case. >> when you think about, uh, the end of this war. in your view, is it is it possible that ukraine can, uh, can survive and be strong with no guarantees in security terms from either nato or the european union? and can the european union give such guarantees? it's not a it's not really a security organization. >> well, ukraine, remember, has 110 brigades in the field. uh, they've destroyed most of russia's tanks. they produced 1.5 million drones last year. they are going to produce 4.5 million drones this year. um, if you'd asked me three years ago where where ukraine and russia

would be in this war in three years time, i don't think either of us would have guessed that russia would only capture 20% of ukraine's territory, and putin, did you notice yesterday? interesting piece of news has secretly sold 100 tons of russia's gold. the russian economy is getting into trouble. he has thrown everything he has in the last few months with these pyrrhic victories, sacrificing thousands of soldiers to gain a village or two. precisely for this moment, to put himself in a in a position where he appears to be stronger than he is. uh, ukraine can fight on its own without european support for the rest of this year. and i think the putin has to take this into account. >> stay with us. when we come back, i'm going to ask radek sikorski. what does europe do in a new world where the united states is support cannot be

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longer be sure that america will protect it. do you worry about the same thing? can poland be sure that in the event of a russian attack on poland, the united states will come to its defense? today? >> well, that's the essence of nato. and we were there for the united states, in iraq, above all in afghanistan. we sent a brigade when the united states was attacked. an alliance is a relationship. and yesterday, poland's president spoke to president trump. i spoke to the national security advisor, and nothing has changed in that. we are good allies, and i hope we continue to be. but what where we agree with the trump administration is that some european allies have lagged behind in their readiness. poland has been spending 2% of gdp on defense for 20 years. we're now at almost five, and we'll continue to do so. the majority of allies have now come

up to scratch. we need to do a better job of it, and there is determination to, uh, to to do what? what is up to us? >> um, mertz even talked about the possibility of of germany having to rely on french and british nuclear protection because he worried that the united states would not actually come through. uh, do you worry about that? dejoy. would you worry about a germany that decided it needed to take its security into its own hands? given that poland has been a victim of german aggression over the centuries? >> we are good allies with germany. germany is our biggest trading partner. and but remember, germany is banned from having nuclear weapons by its unification treaty and also has a ceiling of, i think 300,000 troops. but we need a

partnership in europe to deter putin. uh, to do our bit. and and this is, uh, this is happening. >> youheory out what donald trump is doing is that he's trying to wean the russians off the chinese, off their tight alliance with, uh, with with china. do you think you've you've traveled extensively to both places. you've been foreign minister for two. this is your second time around. do you think it would work? >> well, trying to do a kissinger in reverse is, of course, a tempting intellectual construct. i think with the current solidarity of dictators between vladimir putin and and president xi jinping, it's is unlikely to succeed. uh, let us do what can be achieved, which is to support ukraine, to bring russia to her senses, withdraw

from ukraine, and then we'll have a more peaceful world with a more reasonable russia and a more reasonable china. >> what do you make of the the deal that the united states is trying to make with ukraine to get what i think president zelenskyy just said at a news conference, uh, $2 back from ukraine for every dollar of military aid it has given. um, does does that strike you? european union has actually, in total, given more aid to ukraine. does it strike you as as a reasonable ask for the united states to make off ukraine? >> poland holds the presidency of the eu, and i'll be speaking on behalf of the eu at the security council in new york tomorrow. and yes, you're right by our figures, the united states has contributed just over half, 100 billion to ukraine, mostly militarily, militarily, more than europe. but but overall, we think we are at

about 145. but maybe that means that the u.s. wants to give ukraine much more support, which then the u.s. believes should be refunded. maybe this is good news. >> sikorski. you're you're looking for good news in everything. so let me let me ask you, um, if in fact, this is a new world, as so many people are predicting, where the united states is withdrawing and, uh, countries are going to fend for themselves. will europe, you think, make greater overtures to china? is it possible that europe, you know, diverges from the u.s. policy on china and finds a way to to have a working relationship that's much more constructive? >> i helped to formulate europe's policy towards china in my previous role as a member of the european parliament, and it's in a slogan, collaborate with possible, uh, on global issues, compete when needed.

plenty of that and confront when necessary. and i think this is this is sensible. um, the transatlantic bargain is that the u.s. helps us to deter putin. in return, we buy american and we express our solidarity with the u.s. on many international issues, including its, uh, competition with china. and the deal obviously works both ways. >> radek sikorski, always a pleasure to have you on. thank you sir. >> thank you. >> next on gps. trump's recent moves at the justice department have raised the question should the president have control over federal prosecutors? what do other countries do? i'll ask an expert after the break. >> i'm oren liebermann at the pentagon, and this is cnn.

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topic, justice abandoned how the supreme court ignored the constitution and enabled mass incarceration. pleasure to have you on, rachel. so to me, it's always somebody who tries to look at the world in comparative perspective. i'm always struck by how other liberal democracies in the western world, particularly, have moved over the last few decades, particularly after world war two, to create a kind of independent justice system. that is not that is separate from and not under the direct control of the prime minister or the president, say in britain, for example, or canada. we you know, the united states has the oldest constitutional system in the world, in a sense. and one of the features is that it is still this kind of tudor political system, where the prosecutorial branch is under the president's authority. so is that a fundamental problem? >> it doesn't help, but i don't think that's the

fundamental problem because we you know, we had a good run in united states history where even with that model, everybody understood that the attorney general needs to be separate from the white house. you know, the white house should not interfere in individual cases. there was an understanding that for the rule of law, you need to have prosecutors who are independent from politics and the executive branch. and i think what we're seeing now is a breakdown in that norm. and it might be easier to effectuate because we have an attorney general that's under the president in our executive branch structure. but at the end of the day, it's really the breakdown in a norm where everybody previously understood. yes, of course, this needs to be independent. and i fear what we're seeing now is a dismantling of that. >> so and after watergate, it seems like, you know, there was clearly kind of massive abuse of presidential power in watergate. nixon tried to use the department of justice, the cia, the fbi. there were built a whole bunch of additional constraints put in place. and norms. is that what the trump

administration is kind of trying to either ignore or erode? >> yeah. you know, i think we're seeing the cycle of history here because i think what happened with president nixon and him trying to fire the people investigating him and was there was a reaction after that that said, well, we have a constitutional flaw here. and congress responded by passing a statute that created what's known as an independent counsel. and the problem with that structure, or at least as the public perceived it was, that also looked political, that also looked like independent counsels were behaving in ways that went too far, and they didn't seem accountable. and so i think we see a kind of an ebb and flow where you want independence, but you also want to make sure that you have some accountability with prosecutors. and i think post watergate, everyone was very sensitive to independence. there was this sense that, you know, we really needed to shield the white house from the attorney general. that's actually what started getting kind of written into the the protocols between the white

house and the attorney general and the department of justice were post nixon. um, but i think we're seeing an erosion of that because i think a lot of people forget how bad it could be. if you have a president interfering with the department of justice. >> you know, independent judiciary is so much a core part of liberal democracy. but you know what all of this highlights is even that at the end of the day, depends on norms. because if a court rules, for example, free unfreeze the usaid spending because congress appropriated that money, the president does not have the authority to simply stop spending it. um, if the president order, the court doesn't be, you know, completely independent. some are in the judicial branch. and at the end of the day, when people have researched what works, you know, the things that really hold in check independence are things like a free press so that the

public can be made aware when there's corruption or there's attempts to influence things on a political basis. an independent judiciary is really important, but at the end of the day, you need the public to understand why they're important, and you need there to be an outcry. if you had an elected official who wants to flout that? and, you know, i think we might be stress tested in the united states soon, where i think president trump is going to see how far he can go on that authoritarian path. and there'll be a question to how the public responds to that. you know, will there be an outcry? and i think we'll see what the reaction is, not not just the public, i should say the markets, because there's also an economic component to all of this, which is countries that don't have good independent judiciary and independent prosecutors. you know, when you don't have those rule of law norms, it destabilizes everything in your country, including the economy. and so there might be some economic pressure as well to try to keep him in check. congress really isn't much of a check when it's dominated by the same party as the president in power,

at least when it's republicans, because they seem unconcerned by what they're seeing. they're really not speaking out. and so i think it will come down to, if we get to the supreme court and the supreme court says certain things are off limits, then what happens? >> rachel. pleasure to have you on. >> thanks so much. >> next on gps. democrats are struggling to oppose trump's agenda. but when they've been in power, they have also struggled to actually implement their own agenda. we'll discuss why in a fascinating new book. when we come back. >> welcome back. >> have i got news for you, new saturday on cnn. >> you never want to lose your edge. and the lexus rx completely understands that. >> i told myself i was okay with. >> my moderate to severe

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the book. mike bloomberg has this idea as mayor of new york, that he will make a bid for the olympics. and the reason he wanted to do this was it was a forcing mechanism to get all kinds of modernization of new york infrastructure that people have been waiting for decades to do. that this would be the way that you'd get it all done. he lines up everything to be able to do it. one state legislature votes against a key provision of it, and the whole thing crumbles. explain how that can be. why do you have a system where there are so many vetoes? >> well, in the 1950s and 1960s, the rockefeller administration had overspent and spent. the new york state was over its skis so that it was spending more money than it had. and it all came crashing down in the 1970s. and at that point, it seemed as though the thing that we needed to do was create new checks on new york state government in all

facets. so one of the things that was created almost without anyone thinking about it was something called the public authorities control board. nobody knew what it was at the time. no one gave much thought to it, but what it was was that any major capital expenditure needed to have the approval of the governor of the state assembly speaker, and of the senate president, all three. and if any one said no, the investment was off. so in this case, it's the. that was in the 1970s. this is the mid 2000. it's been 30 years. no one really even remembers the public authorities control board, except for the speaker of the state assembly, a man who would eventually perish in jail for corruption. shelly silver is told by one of his benefactors that they don't want this project to move forward, and he uses his veto and upends the entire thing. and the olympics go to london. >> it's an example of a larger trend that you describe in the book, which is of a liberalism

that was able to do astonishing things. i mean, you describe the tennessee valley authority, you know, remind people what it was. and, you know, this is what the roosevelt administration did. >> yeah, it's sort of remembered almost as a one off of the new deal. but it was this remarkable bureaucracy created right at the beginning of the roosevelt administration that takes an area of the country, the upper south, that's basically the size of england and gives power to essentially one figure named david lilienthal, who is then empowered to dam the rivers and reforest the mountainsides to do massive changes in this region, basically to hook up poor farms to electricity so that they can modernize their lives. and there's a notion at the time, a very patriarchal notion, that they're going to civilize this sort of neanderthals who live in the center of the country. and the project, which seems can seem almost sort of politically

gross to us today, was enormously successful in actually spreading wealth to this huge swath of the and. >> it brought electricity to this entire, you know, rural poor population. >> exactly right. and so it was incredibly successful and really did create an economic transformation. >> and when you look at this, do you sense that there is a kind of turning of the tide? i mean, it feels inbuilt into the system. you know, the environmental reviews, all that kind of thing. it's difficult to see how it changes. >> well, it changed once progressivism was born at the beginning of the 20th century. to move the courts out of the way, to allow bureaucracies to do big things like the tennessee valley authority. then we go through a change in the 60s and 70s where people realize, yikes, these powerful bureaucracies are abusive, coercive, almost settler colonial in some sense, to, to to use some of the modern parlance. and we begin to create

new checks. we can go back to full circle progressivism. we can know that our own tradition originally wanted to create bureaucracies that could make decisions expeditiously. and so the challenge now is to find some balance between the old system, which moved too fast and did things that were too disruptive, and the new system that can't move at all and can't solve our big problems like climate change, economic mobility, high speed rail. none of these things can get done unless we change the systems underneath them. i think that progressives, rather than saying we need to defend all of these institutions, we should be the ones saying these institutions aren't working for people, and we're going to reform them in ways that will begin delivering for people. we are, as democrats, the party of government. people think of us as the party of government, and we have to acknowledge that government isn't working, and it's not something that you can just change your rhetoric and convince them that actually government does work. it's it's

plain to everyone. >> they can see. >> they can see. we need to be aware of it. we need to be talking about it. we need to be acknowledging it. and we need to be offering plans to fix it. >> mark dunkelman, pleasure to have you on. >> thanks for having me. >> next on gps. elon musk calls usaid a viper's nest of radical left marxists who hate america. i'll tell you why he's wrong. when we come back. >> news night with abby phillip weeknights at 10:00 eastern on cnn. >> after last month's massive solar flare added a 25th hour to the day. businesses are wondering what should we do with it? >> bacon and eggs 25 seven. >> you're darn right. >> solar stocks are up. >> 20% with the additional. >> hour in the day. >> ruined with the extra hour. >> i'm thinking. >> how many white power? >> now let's put it to a vote. >> this is going to wreak. >> havoc on overtime approvals. >> anything can. >> change the world of work.

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