Needs Musk: Donald Trump’s new appointments
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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A week after Donald Trump won a decisive victory in the presidential election, he is making appointments to his new White House. What do they tell us about his second term? Many European governments are turning against immigration but they still need agricultural migrants (10:29). And why place names in India are getting longer (18:20).
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| 1:40.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. Anti-immigration sentiment is rising across Europe, |
| 1:49.3 | but in the Netherlands, one group is grateful for the migration, and that's farmers. |
| 1:56.4 | And in recent years, place names in India have been getting longer and longer. |
| 2:02.7 | Our correspondent in Mumbai has a bit of a rant. |
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