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On the Media

Donald Trump’s Cabinet of Influencers. Plus, The Harvard Plan.

On the Media

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4.68.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Why the White House is recruiting officials with their own online microphones, and the ideological battle over America’s universities.

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0:00.0

Pete Hackseth here. I'm here to tell you about another freedom-loving company. Donald Trump is

0:06.0

cultivating a cabinet of influencer politicians, and they're out to sell. From WNYC in New York,

0:12.8

this is On the Media. I'm Michael Lowinger. And I'm Brooke Gladstone. Harvard is the nation's oldest and richest

0:19.3

university.

0:29.0

But last fall, that offered no protection when a social media-fueled fight over Harvard and its new president broke out.

0:37.3

And Dr. Gay, at Harvard, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Harvard's rules of bullying and harassment, yes or no.

0:39.2

Claudia and Gay is now gone.

0:42.6

We've exposed the DEI regime, and there's much more to come.

0:47.4

Tune in for the first episode in a mini-series that we produced with the Boston Globe about the leadership crisis at Harvard and what it spells for universities writ large.

0:53.9

It's all coming up after this.

1:01.2

From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media.

1:04.8

I'm Michael Lowinger.

1:06.0

And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

1:07.7

For the last couple of weeks, the headlines have runneth over with the president-elect's

1:12.4

cabinet picks, from a man who likes to drink at work and is accused of sexual assault for

1:18.0

Secretary of Defense, to a senator who proudly confessed to shooting her dog for Homeland Security

1:24.0

Chief. This ain't your father's cabinet. And other than being underqualified for their

1:30.4

proposed positions, there's something else that a lot of Trump's picks have in common.

1:39.4

This is sound from a video that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee,

1:46.3

shared with his 3.2 million followers on TikTok.

1:50.3

He's standing in this room in a nondescript location, covered in sweat.

1:56.3

He's surrounded by these fairly young, you know, 20-30-somethings.

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