The Trump-whisperers
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The involvement of Donald Trump’s close-knit family defined his first term in the White House.
Eight years later, his circle of advisers appears to have expanded, welcoming a cadre of media personalities and influencers.
Who’s in Trump’s orbit now? Which of his family members are raising their profiles, and who is taking a step out of the spotlight?
Sarah and Marianna examine who has the president-elect’s ear with Trump biographer Marc Fisher.
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent
GUEST: • Marc Fisher, Associate editor at The Washington Post and co-author of ‘Trump Revealed’
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. We want to say a big thank you to all of the new AmeriCasters who have joined us in the last few months. |
| 0:05.3 | There's more of us now than we ever had before, although of course we're deeply grateful for those of you who've been with us all along. |
| 0:11.0 | There is so much happening at the moment. Donald Trump's inaugurations coming up in January. Between now and then, |
| 0:16.4 | we're going to be talking about all the new people in his top team, the big announcements he's making, and of course looking at the fallout for the election for the Democrats and how they try |
| 0:24.5 | and rebuild from here. So if you've got questions or comments about any of this, do please get |
| 0:29.1 | in touch. You can email us, AmeriCast at BBC.co.uk. We will be publishing episodes on |
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| 0:48.0 | Anyway, here's today's episode. Hope you enjoy. |
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| 0:55.5 | What a remarkable week it's been in America, or probably more precisely, in Trump land, |
| 1:00.8 | as we've been getting all the news of his cabinet choices. |
| 1:03.7 | It's 9 o'clock in the morning on Friday in the US. |
| 1:06.6 | That means it's early afternoon in the UK. |
| 1:09.2 | And I'll be honest, I am exhausted trying to keep up |
| 1:12.1 | with all of the Trump news after the election last week. He's making some really controversial |
| 1:17.2 | cabinet choices, and it feels as though he is doing this deliberately, trying to provoke the |
| 1:22.3 | political establishment, daring them to say, you can't have these people in your cabinet. |
| 1:27.9 | The first tranche of his appointments, including Elon Musk being in charge of government efficiency, |
| 1:32.9 | we covered in our Wednesday episode of Americaast, and you can find that on BBC Sounds. |
| 1:37.6 | Since then, we have had a lot more high-profile, controversial names for the Defence Secretary, |
| 1:43.2 | the Attorney General, the Health Secretary, |
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