The faces behind Trump’s Cabinet picks
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
President-elect Donald Trump is quickly naming his Cabinet, set to shape his agenda for the next four years. While some Americans are eager for change, others are dismayed by his picks. So how will Trump’s cabinet carry out his vision and navigate the challenges ahead?
In this episode:
- Matthew Bartlett (@MRBartlettNH), Republican Strategist and Former US State Department Appointee
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Sonia Bhagat, and Sarí el-Khalili with Cole Van Miltenburg, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, and our host, Natasha Del Toro. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, a who's who of Team Trump. |
| 0:15.4 | Take two. |
| 0:16.8 | Isn't this what Donald Trump said he was going to do to shake things up? |
| 0:22.3 | Trump's top cabinet picks and what it means for the United States. |
| 0:26.7 | That's if everybody can manage to hold on to their seats. |
| 0:31.9 | I'm Natasha Delturo, and this is the take. |
| 0:41.1 | Ready to go? And this is the take. Ready or not, preparations for the next Trump administration are underway. |
| 0:47.9 | President-elect Trump has tapped Representative Matt Gates to run the Department of Justice. |
| 0:54.0 | Testimony emerging on Friday from a woman who says she saw Gates, quote, having sex with a minor at a House party in Orlando in 2017. |
| 1:03.4 | Representative Tulsi Gabbard is Trump's pick to be the Director of National Intelligence. |
| 1:09.1 | Tulsi Gabbard, of course, is somebody who rose to prominence |
| 1:12.1 | back in 2017 when she took a secret trip to Syria. And it's not just Trump's cabinet choices |
| 1:19.4 | that have Washington abuzz. Trump's picking up a new so-called department, too. Trump |
| 1:26.0 | tapping Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Vivek Ramoswamy to lead a quote, |
| 1:30.7 | Department of Government Efficiency. |
| 1:33.7 | So what does this start mean for the second coming of President Donald Trump's United |
| 1:39.6 | States? |
| 1:40.9 | My name is Matthew Bartlett. |
| 1:42.6 | I'm originally from New Hampshire. |
| 1:46.3 | I'm a Republican strategist and actually served as a Donald Trump appointee at the State Department in the first term. And now I |
| 1:51.6 | reside here in Washington, D.C. Sin City, a town that is now preparing for Donald J. Trump, |
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