Trump wants to fire federal workers. What will that mean?

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🗓️ 12 November 2024

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President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to cut federal jobs, move positions out of the Washington metro area and eliminate the federal Department of Education. The Washington Post's Lisa Rein explains the impact of these promises. And, the CEO of oil giant ExxonMobil wants President Trump to rethink his promise to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement. Full Disclosure host Roben Farzad explains why. Then, schools across the U.S. are replacing their asphalt playgrounds with trees and shade structures. Danielle Denk from the Trust for Public Land explains how this benefits everyone.

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0:46.1	Immediately reissue my 2020 executive order restoring the president's authority to remove rogue bureaucrats.
0:50.2	Career civil servants fear a purge of the federal government. It's Tuesday, November 12th,
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1:04.6	Today on the show, why the CEO of one of the world's biggest fossil fuel companies is pushing Donald Trump to keep the U.S. in the Paris Climate Accords.
1:18.0	Also, some schools are ripping up old asphalt playgrounds to plant trees.
1:24.5	Kids today are spending too few time. They're only spending about 10 minutes a day
1:28.5	playing outside. So we really need to make these outdoor spaces where kids spend most of those
1:33.7	precious minutes as wonderful as possible. Climate-proofing recess coming up at about 15 minutes.
1:40.6	But first, we're getting a better idea of what President-elect Trump's administration might look like.
1:47.2	Trump has picked former Congressman Lee Zeldin to run the EPA and has reportedly chosen South Dakota Governor Christy Noem to be Homeland Security Secretary.
1:56.9	They'll need to be confirmed by the Senate, but Trump's pick for Borders are does not need a nod from the Senate.
2:04.1	That would be his former acting director of immigration and customs enforcement, Tom Holman.
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