The Political Scene | The New Yorker

What Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Planning for America?

Listen Later

The New Yorker staff writers Dexter Filkins and Clare Malone join Tyler Foggatt to examine Donald Trump’s appointments of former congressman Matt Gaetz and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to his Cabinet.Gaetz, who has been nominated for Attorney General, is one of Trump’s most vociferous defenders and the former subject of a sex-trafficking investigation run by the Department of Justice. (Gaetz has denied all allegations.) Trump has chosen Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, giving one of the world’s most prominent anti-vaccine activists broad powers over public health. How would these men reshape the legal and medical infrastructures of our federal government? And will they even be confirmed?


This week’s reading:

  • “How Far Would Matt Gaetz Go?,” by Dexter Filkins
  • “R.F.K., Jr.,’s Next Move,” by Clare Malone 
  • “Why Is Elon Musk Really Embracing Donald Trump?,” By John Cassidy 
  • “Trump’s Cabinet of Wonders,” by David Remnick
  • “The Most Extreme Cabinet Ever,” by Susan B. Glasser


    • To discover more podcasts from The New Yorker, visit newyorker.com/podcasts. To send feedback on this episode, write to [email protected].


    Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    The Political Scene | The New YorkerBy WNYC Studios and The New Yorker
    • 4.3
    • 4.3
    • 4.3
    • 4.3
    • 4.3

    4.3

    3,582 ratings

    More shows like The Political Scene | The New Yorker

    View all
    The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

    The New Yorker Radio Hour

    6,784 Listeners

    The New Yorker: Fiction by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

    The New Yorker: Fiction

    3,354 Listeners

    The New Yorker: Poetry by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

    The New Yorker: Poetry

    514 Listeners

    On the Media by WNYC Studios

    On the Media

    9,193 Listeners

    Political Gabfest by Slate Podcasts

    Political Gabfest

    8,483 Listeners

    PBS Washington Week with The Atlantic - Full Show by Washington Week

    PBS Washington Week with The Atlantic - Full Show

    1,348 Listeners

    Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts by Slate Podcasts

    Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

    3,541 Listeners

    The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker by The New Yorker

    The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

    2,137 Listeners

    In The Dark by The New Yorker

    In The Dark

    28,511 Listeners

    The Lawfare Podcast by The Lawfare Institute

    The Lawfare Podcast

    6,302 Listeners

    Radio Atlantic by The Atlantic

    Radio Atlantic

    2,325 Listeners

    Stay Tuned with Preet by Preet Bharara

    Stay Tuned with Preet

    32,374 Listeners

    The Atlantic Interview by The Atlantic

    The Atlantic Interview

    2,126 Listeners

    Interesting Times with Ross Douthat by New York Times Opinion

    Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

    7,164 Listeners

    Post Reports by The Washington Post

    Post Reports

    5,468 Listeners

    Strict Scrutiny by Crooked Media

    Strict Scrutiny

    5,783 Listeners

    The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

    The Ezra Klein Show

    16,097 Listeners

    Critics at Large | The New Yorker by The New Yorker

    Critics at Large | The New Yorker

    630 Listeners

    The Opinions by The New York Times Opinion

    The Opinions

    563 Listeners