U.S. Friends and Foes Brace for Second Trump Term

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Nov. 8. President-elect Donald Trump taps his campaign co-chair as his chief of staff as a key pillar of his future foreign policy takes shape: a renewal of his ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran. WSJ Brussels bureau chief Dan Michaels explains how Washington’s adversaries and allies are preparing for the new administration. Plus, Australia proposes a national ban on social media for children younger than 16. And Israel prepares to evacuate its citizens from the Netherlands after antisemitic attacks in Amsterdam. Luke Vargas hosts. Correction: Australia has proposed a ban on social media for children under 16. An earlier version of this podcast incorrectly said the ban would have applied to 16-year-olds as well. (Corrected on Nov. 8) Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.5	The Trump transition gets to work as the president-elect taps a chief of staff.
0:39.3	Plus, we look at Trump's early plans to dial up the pressure on Iran, as America's foes and friends brace for change.
0:47.3	China is quite nervous about a Trump presidency. Iran is probably quite concerned.
0:51.9	And there's also concern that Trump would cut support for Ukraine
0:56.2	or at least push European members of NATO to take more of the load from the U.S.
1:03.6	And Israeli soccer fans are chased down and beaten in the streets of Amsterdam in attacks
1:08.8	condemned as anti-Semitic. It's Friday, November 8th.
1:12.7	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,
1:17.7	the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:26.3	Donald Trump has tapped the co-chair of his presidential campaign, Susie Wiles,
1:31.1	to be his future White House chief of staff, making her the first woman to hold that role in
1:35.9	U.S. history.
1:37.3	Trump's relationship with Wiles, who ran his campaign in Florida in 2016 and 2020, before taking
1:43.5	on the national job this year is one of his
1:46.0	longest running with the top advisor. Trump has fallen out with many chiefs of staff,
1:51.1	including John Kelly, and his previous campaigns were marked by staff shakeups at the top.
1:56.7	Meanwhile, a key pillar of Trump's future foreign policy agenda is coming into focus, a renewal
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