The Right and Wrong Picks for Donald Trump’s Cabinet

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In what is turning out to be a Trumpian mix of loyalists, campaign allies, and unorthodox choices, the President-elect is putting the finishing touches on who will be serving in his administration. So who are some of the best and worst members of the team taking over the White House in January? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know what that is.
0:04.0	An ice cold beer.
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0:28.6	UK.
0:29.6	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. Donald Trump's choices for his
0:40.8	cabinet are nearly complete after a rush of appointments late Friday, including hedge fund investor
0:47.9	or Scott Besson for Treasury Secretary. What do the choices tell us about the unfolding
0:53.7	second Trump administration, its priorities,
0:57.2	and how it will be different from the first term? Welcome to Potomac Watch, the Wall Street Journal
1:03.2	Opinion podcast. I'm Paul Gugho, editor of the opinion pages, and I'm here with my colleagues,
1:09.5	Kyle Peterson, and Alicia Finley. Welcome to you both.
1:13.6	Well, Donald Trump keeps confounding people as they try to analyze his choices. Axios calls his
1:19.8	cabinet a liberal cabinet. Wall Street seems relieved, judging by the stock market reaction on Monday.
1:26.1	The New York Times calls a one part revenge, one part
1:28.9	reassurance, and one part cutting the size and scope of government. I'm not so sure the Times
1:33.6	is right about any of that, but my own view is that it's a very Trumpian mix. It's fewer mainstream
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