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It took 10 days after his victory in 2016 for Donald Trump to announce his first cabinet nominee.

But he's working a lot faster this time around.

In a little more than two weeks since the 2024 election, Trump has already put forward more than a dozen major nominations.

This is Swamp Notes, the weekly podcast from the FT News Briefing, where we talk about all of the things happening in U.S. politics.

I'm Sonia Hudson.

And this week we're asking, what do Trump's cabinet nominees tell us about how his second White House will function?

Here with me to discuss is Lauren Fidor.

She's the FT's Deputy Washington Bureau Chief.

Hi, Lauren.

Hi, Sonia.

And we've also got Anthony Scaramucci.

He was very briefly communications director for the first Trump administration. He also co-hosts

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