'If You Can Keep It': What The Trump's New Cabinet Means For America

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🗓️ 9 December 2024

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President-elect Donald Trump is packing his administration with incredibly wealthy businesspeople. His picks make up what could be the wealthiest government in U.S. history – worth about $340 billion.

Watchdog groups are sounding the alarm, saying the business interests of many of these powerful picks are at odds with what's best for the American people.

Trump himself is again bringing financial conflicts into office, too. But this time, there are fewer guardrails to prevent abuses of power for his financial gain. Meanwhile, new Trump organization business deals are on the horizon.

We discuss why this matter for the American people, and if our government can protect itself from financial conflicts at its highest levels of power.

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0:28.7	And I'm Todd's Willick.
0:29.8	Today we continue to look at President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his administration
0:33.9	as part of our weekly series on democracy, if you can keep it.
0:38.0	Trump is packing his administration with Uber-rich business people.
0:41.8	His cabinet level and other pigs make up what could be the wealthiest government in U.S. history,
0:46.9	worth about $340 billion.
0:49.7	Watchdog groups are sounding the alarm, saying the business interests of many of these powerful picks
0:54.8	are at odds with what's best for the American people.
0:58.1	Meanwhile, President Trump himself is once again bringing financial conflicts with him to office as well.
1:04.3	But this time, there are fewer guardrails to prevent abuses of power for financial gain.
1:09.4	Meanwhile, the new Trump organization has business
1:12.7	deals on the horizon for itself. Why does this all matter for you? And how can our government
1:18.3	protect itself from financial conflicts at its highest levels of power? We get into those questions
1:23.4	and more right after the break. Stay with us.
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