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Amanpour

Global Implications of Trump's Loyalist Cabinet

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

As President Trump transitions into the White House for a second term, some of his cabinet appointments—stacked with MAGA loyalists—are shocking even Republicans and raising questions about their implications for U.S. policy at home and abroad. This week Christiane examines how these staffing decisions could reshape America’s role on the global stage, with Richard Haass weighing in on the risks Trump 2.0 poses to U.S. foreign policy. Washington Governor Jay Inslee discusses the stakes for climate policy and how Democrats can recover from a crushing defeat. Former French President François Hollande reflects on Trump’s impact on Europe and Ukraine, while UNRWA Commissioner Philippe Lazzarini sheds light on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid Israel’s efforts to shut down his organization. Marking 20 years since Yasser Arafat’s death, from her archives, Christiane revisits his legacy in advancing the Palestinian quest for statehood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the Ammanpur hour.

0:11.0

Here's where we're headed this week.

0:14.0

As Trump's cabinet remakes America in his image, how will this mandate shape the world?

0:20.0

I asked Trump's supporter and former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby.

0:24.9

Then...

0:25.9

We've got a rare moment in American history here.

0:28.3

Suddenly, we don't really have checks and balances.

0:31.1

Richard Haas, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, breaks it all down.

0:36.7

Also, our planet in peril.

0:38.3

We have a climate denier in the White House.

0:41.3

Washington Governor Jay Inslee tells me Democrats must keep fighting.

0:45.3

And how making America great again could upend the U.S.-led world order.

0:50.3

Former French President Francois Hollande joined me in London. Plus, as Trump appoints

0:56.0

right-wing Israel allies, how will that war end? By any account, there is indeed a policy

1:02.4

of a forced space route. On Rehead, Philippe Lazarene on the harrowing reality across Gaza.

1:12.3

Welcome to the program, everyone.

1:14.1

I'm Christiana Manpur in London.

1:16.3

Trump World's Week has been busy setting his agenda at home and abroad.

1:21.3

And it looks a lot like what he promised.

1:23.8

After a cozy looking meeting in the Oval Office with President Biden, tradition went right out the window with his mostly ultra-loyalist and hard-line cabinet picks on everything from immigration to climate, the rule of law and beyond.

1:38.2

Now, even some Republicans are still panicking about some of the new personnel. Take choosing Representative Matt Gates

1:45.7

as Attorney General running the Department of Justice. One called it an absolute gut punch,

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