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Who Would Be in Your Dream Cabinet? | Pivot

December 06, 2024 / 05:40

This episode discusses key cabinet positions and potential nominees for a presidential administration. Hosts Scott and his co-host answer a listener's question about important roles and their ideal picks.

Scott emphasizes the significance of the Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, and Treasury Secretary. He suggests Jamie Dimon for Treasury and a qualified candidate for Defense, while criticizing current nominees.

The conversation shifts to Health and Human Services, where Scott proposes Mark Cuban as a candidate to reform healthcare. They also critique RFK Jr.'s views on vaccines.

Scott's co-host suggests a cabinet filled with media personalities, proposing Dana Bash for President and Anderson Cooper for Vice President. They discuss various potential nominees for other positions, highlighting the importance of competence.

Humor is present as they joke about their own roles in a hypothetical administration, with Scott expressing a desire to be Secretary of Education and his co-host wanting to lead the CIA.

TL;DR

Hosts discuss ideal cabinet positions and nominees for a presidential administration, emphasizing competence and humor in their selections.

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okay Scott let's pivot to a listener
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question the question comes from David
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let's listen I've listened to the last
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few podcasts in which both of you
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discuss the various nominees Trump has
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put forward for cabinet and other
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important Administration positions my
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question for each of you has two parts
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which positions do each of you consider
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the most important positions and why and
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second if you were president who would
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you nominate for the most important
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positions in your Administration
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and why oh that's interesting that's a
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great question um I'll start um I think
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the depart secretary of defense is
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critically important the Attorney
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General is critically important and
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obviously the uh treasury secretary so I
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I If I Was President Trump or if I'm me
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if I'm me I would have picked different
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I probably would have picked Jamie
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Diamond for the treasury job for the
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head of the defense department that's
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that would be interesting I don't i'
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have to think maybe
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oh God I wouldn't say Pete Buddha judge
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but someone who's someone who served and
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who um who understands how to run big
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systems there's lots of people like that
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uh certainly not Pete heg uh by any
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means I could run it better than him um
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and then the third attorney general
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someone you know not quite as partisan
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and who didn't deny the election like
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Pam Bondi I do think she's actually has
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qualifications there's no question she
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ran a big important States HS AG she
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knows her way around a courtroom Etc as
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they say um but I think those are the
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most important but I I one of the ones
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as we're just talking about this United
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Healthcare thing is the the Health and
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Human Services director I would make
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that Mark Cuban you know or someone like
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that to to you need to facilitate change
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in how health care goes in this country
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very drastically and how we eat and the
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chemicals that are in our system I
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completely agree with that but this
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fraking Nut Job RFK Jr who now looks
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good next to these other people is is a
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disaster especially around vaccines and
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everything else so someone who respects
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science um I would say Mark cubin for
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that job your turn Scott I would go I
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like the whole cable news as a Cabinet
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strategy I'd have danab bash I'd have D
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but except I'd go another cable network
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I think the people at CNN are so
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impressive I think it should be
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president danab bash her vice president
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is Anderson Cooper and we laugh but
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these people would be a hell of a lot
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more confident than some of the people
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he's proposing now Peter hex and Peter
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Navaro give me a [ __ ] break I know or
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cash these this would Michael smish I'd
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like to be Secretary of Commerce I'd
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like to see
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um I would there's so many outstand I'd
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love to see Michael Bennett as Secretary
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of Education oh yeah uh I think thec
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Morty as head of Health and Human
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Services I think he is he is the most
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consequential Surgeon General in history
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bringing up loneliness and the stress on
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parents um there's a ton of fantastic oh
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I would put together the hottest and
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most competent cabinet in history and
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I'd give AOC a job just cuz she's
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ridiculously [ __ ] hot but and it's
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important to have good-looking people um
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but R would have a spot in there I think
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Amy kishar I put at the head of the FTC
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or the doj um is she a lawyer doj yes
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yes yes she's a lawyer WR that big giant
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antitrust book remember she's a she's a
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good lawyer [ __ ] gangster She's Not
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Afraid of anybody oh she'd be a good AG
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oh yeah right yeah I would have a ton of
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I I could oh my God put give me the
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chessboard I will put the pieces in the
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right place what would we be what would
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be our job if you had do exactly what
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we're doing right now cuz you take a c
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they said here Scott you have to take
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one cab job you don't Havey I'd want to
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be Secretary of Education oh wow easy
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interesting yeah yeah I'd want what
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would you guess I would want to
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be head of the CIA that's right that's
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right my friend that's correct I would
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spy on you you do spy on me you [ __ ]
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text me at 3:00 in the morning you know
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what I'm doing at all moments I do know
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what you're doing in all moments I've
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got to keep track of you cuz you're up
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to things I last night I was texting a
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variety of people I'm not going to say
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who but wellknown people and I was
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thinking what is Scott up there I feel
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like Scott's up to something right now I
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don't know why but I thought is he up to
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something I was eating alone in the
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cotswalds after taking an edible okay
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well I didn't know that but it listening
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to Tom Petty and then taking my dogs for
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a long walk night little minations is he
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up to by the way your other girlfriend
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your side piece Jessica Des tarlo texted
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me um she's going to the hotter younger
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woman the hotter younger version of me
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um she she was going to come to this
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dinner
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that in New York when she couldn't um
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but uh she's gonna take my mom to see
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the five and I have to go so Jesse get
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the will you come with me no way 100% no
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no oh I'd also give speaking of fox I'd
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give Neil Cavuto a position I like him
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okay I'd give kavo a position God this
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would be fun what would you left out
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Stephanie rule I can't believe it she's
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going to kill us what would you give her
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oh she'd be ambassador to our most
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important like I'd make her ambassador
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to I just like I'd want her to be
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ambassador to France could she'd throw
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she would throw amazing parties at the
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residence in Paris yeah she Russell and
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she's got great style I mean she
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ambassador to France that's an easy one
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all right ambassador to France okay all
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right there we got it thank you Dave I
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need you to be president so we can do
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this oh my God I'll be the Puppet Master
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I'll tell you exactly what to say what
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to do so you're like C Bannon
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essentially I get a lot um yeah yeah
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this would be fun we'd be good at this
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this would be fun we'd be good at this

Episode Highlights

  • Imagining a Dream Cabinet
    The hosts discuss who they would nominate for key positions in a hypothetical cabinet.
    “I'd put together the hottest and most competent cabinet in history.”
    @ 02m 57s
    December 06, 2024

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  • Important Positions00:18
  • Health and Human Services01:37
  • Cabinet Strategy02:06
  • Ambassador to France05:17

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