A restaurant's best dishes tell stories. Their flavors embed themselves in our memory like

song lyrics or lines from a movie. So much so that a little slice of a restaurant's story

can become part of our own. I'm Danny Chow and this is ShiftMeal, a new video podcast

from The Ringer where we're sharing a bite and chopping it up with chefs and restaurant people during their off hours.

All episodes of ShiftMeal are out now on Ringer Food. Hi, I'm Tara Palmeri. I'm Puck senior political correspondent. And this is, somebody's got to win. I know everyone's heads are spinning over the appointment of Matt Gates to Attorney General.

It was such a closely held secret.

I can tell you that even Gates didn't know really early in the week.

And it's really alarming when you think about the fact that the current Attorney General,

Merrick Garland, had a sex trafficking investigation into Gates, but he dropped it.

I personally am not surprised that Gates got a role in the cabinet.

He's in the inner, inner circle.

I've covered Trump World very closely.

He is as loyal as it gets to Trump.

After January 6th, he hightailed to Wyoming to try to take down Liz Cheney.

I was there.

I covered that. He spends a ton of time on

the Mar-Lago patio with Trump, helping him come up with policy ideas and positions, helping him

with his debate prep. His brother-in-law, Lucky Palmer, founder of Oculus, is also a huge donor

to Donald Trump. And he's close with Susie Wiles. So it's not really surprising either

when you see so many Florida politicians getting these positions. Susie Wiles is a Florida

operative. Senator Marco Rubio, her former client as Secretary of State, Mike Waltz, a Florida

congressman as national security advisor, and now Gates. It shows you that Susie Wiles has a strong hand in choosing this

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