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Trump's Questionable Cabinet Picks

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump will be inaugurated in two months’ time, but will he get the cabinet he wants heading into his second term? Senator Marco Rubio looks set to be secretary of state, but some of Trump’s other picks are raising eyebrows, even within his own party. Critics are concerned that some of these selections are not just ardent loyalists, but lack crucial qualifications for the high-ranking positions. For more on this, Christiane speaks with correspondent Jeff Zeleny.  Also on today's show: UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini; former French President François Hollande; columnist Rana Foroohar  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:08.0

Presidents are entitled to have the people that they want.

0:12.0

Trump picks his team and even some Republicans are caught off guard.

0:16.0

I get the latest from Washington and...

0:18.0

We will be operating until the day we cannot operate

0:23.3

anymore hunger and hopelessness in Gaza and not nearly enough aid to help

0:28.7

Philippe Lazarene head of the relief agency UNRRUns me then so what they

0:34.6

want with Donald Trump is going to have very negative consequences on our own lives.

0:40.3

France's former Socialist Party president, Francois Hollande, reacts to the return of Trump and the global rise of the far right.

0:47.3

Plus, he's one of the most transactional presidents, one of the most financialized presidents one of the

0:54.6

most self-interested presidents the financial times Rana Furoha tells

0:59.0

Haris Srinivasan the booming American economy is due for a downturn. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Kristiana Wanpur in London.

1:26.4

Donald Trump will be inaugurated in a couple of

1:28.7

months' time, but will he get the cabinet he wants heading into his second term? Senator Marco Rubio

1:34.6

looks set to be Secretary of State, but some of Trump's other picks are raising eyebrows, not just

1:40.3

amongst Democrats, but in his own party. Like his choice for Attorney General, Matt Gates,

1:45.6

the now retired Florida Congressman, known for his pugnacious personality,

1:49.7

who was under investigation by the Ethics Committee,

1:52.6

or Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence,

1:56.2

who critics accused of being in the pocket of Russia's President Putin,

1:59.4

even Syria's Bashar Assad,

2:01.6

and his pick for Secretary of Defense, Army National Guard veteran and Fox News weekend host,

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