'If You Can Keep It': How Trump Could Reshape The U.S. Government

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🗓️ 18 November 2024

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Last week, we started talking about the finer points of what Donald Trump's second presidency will look like — key policies he says he will implement, how much he can get done, and how quickly.

Now, with another week of big cabinet picks behind us, and confirmation that Republicans will hold majorities in both the Senate and House, we dive into one goal Trump is already making good on: radically changing the shape of the U.S. government in Washington.

We talk about what his choices mean for the government, and who might stand in the way of this overhaul.

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0:25.7	Music or older to purchase. You're listening to the 1A podcast. I'm Jen White.
0:28.6	And I'm Todd's Willing.
0:29.6	We're following the transition to a new Trump administration in our weekly politics series,
0:34.5	If You Can Keep It.
0:35.9	And watching for high-stakes changes the president-elect is making
0:38.8	along the way. Last week, we started that conversation with key policies Trump says he will implement
0:44.4	how much he can get done and how quickly. Now with another week of big cabinet picks behind us
0:50.4	and confirmation that Republicans will hold majorities in both the Senate and House,
0:55.2	we can dive into one goal Trump is already making good on, radically changing the shape of
0:59.3	U.S. government in Washington.
1:00.8	And that's something he promised to do during the campaign.
1:03.5	The departments and agencies that have been weaponized will be completely overhauled
1:09.0	so that faceless bureaucrats will never again be able to
1:12.6	target and persecute conservatives, Christians, or the left's political enemies, which they're doing
1:18.6	now at a level that nobody can believe even possible.
1:22.5	Well, now Donald Trump appears to be backing up that claim with his latest cabinet picks.
1:27.8	But he is shocking and rattling even many Republicans with his choices,
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