Treasury and Other Trump Nominees, Fluoride Policy in Florida
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President elect Donald p has announced choice for treasury secretary .

Scott best to hedge fund manager will be expected to try to sell terms popular m to wall street.

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i'm scotsman on and this is a first for me pr news. Scott son once had tied to democrats, but as emerged as a key trumpet advisor in the past year.

he's defended terrify, which many in the business community oppose.

plus trust namies for several other top .

positions in florida. Ge, in general, urges communities to stop adding florrie to their drinking water.

and despite decades of research that shows the mineral helps prevent tooth decay.

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One top trump nominee for a cabinet position has withdrawn.

but britain elected, put forth a replacement.

and he's named picks for many other offices at a rapid rate, all with plenty of time before inauguration.

Seen your editor, correspondent running, just rub several of nations last night. Treasury, labor, more, which names stood out to treasury?

Is the crown dual in this collection is one of the original four cabinet positions. All the way back to George washington choosing Alexander ham, trump has chosen billionaire hedge fund manager scobell's. Most people have not hurt of him, but that's going to change.

He's going to be in charge of imposing the Donald trump insists he wants to have on foreign goods, especially from china. And he'll also be pushing the renewal of trust tax cuts from twenty seventeen, which are about to expire at the end of twenty twenty five. The new boss at the office of management and budget is Russell vote.

Not a surprise. He had the job for a while in the first trump term. He's one of the prime authors of the project twenty twenty five agenda uh that's what the conservative heritage foundation produced as a blueprint for a second trump term. Trump himself to save that document many times during the campaign, but we've already seen some of its authors entering his new administration and vote in particular will be in a key position to change the way the federal government does business.

What about labor's secretary law?

Chavez damer is a republican member of the house from oregon, just lost her reelection bit earlier this month, so SHE will be available in january. He had the backing of teamsters president shao all brian, and was seen as the most pro labor of the prospects for this job. Are you may remember all brian addressing the gep convention last .

summer and house in the urban development.

Scott Turner was in the first trump White house. He was director of the opportunity revitalization council there. His job was helping attract business investment to depressed urban areas. Before that, he played for several teams over a nine year career in the national football dig.

Mat gates this week pulled himself out of consideration for attorney general course. He was a subject of a prolonged house ethics committee investigation with very serious allegations, including sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, subjecting government investigations. What does his decision to remove himself from the process tell us? Now.

for the moment, IT suggests there is a limit to what can demand from republicans. Even in this this moment of maximum triumph, a gate said he stepped out so as not to be a distraction, but is widely reported. Trump called gates the morning he was true and told him the votes just weren't there in the senate to confirm him.

But we don't know if this gates case was a one off or if IT established some kind of precedent by which the senate will try to push back again. Trump quickly replaced gates with former florida attorney general pam bondy. They have a political connection going back a decade and more. SHE was mentioned for this job eight years ago, and he was on trump's defensive team during his first impeachment trial. The version that post is reporting that trump plans to have bonding clean out all the justice eternity who built the criminal against him around.

Police monitor california have shared with news organza, including npr, the report of the exception of sexual assault against te hegseth, who, of course, is mr. Trumps snmp, a secretary of defense. You see, this is affecting his nomination bit.

It's hard to see how IT wouldn't one way or another. But the police have also said that allegation in twenty seventeen was investigated. No charges resulted. A truck personally does not seem to be overly troubled by such controversies, whether his own or those of his nominees, but IT could worsen some of access, other issues. He has been openly hostile to the idea of women in combat and critical of the navy admiral who is now the first woman deserve on the joint chiefs. S of staff excise is a decorated veteran and a commentator on fox news, but he does not have any irrelevant administrative or political experience for one of the toughest st jobs .

in in e government and trump s indicated he wants nominate linder mic man to lead the us. Department of education. SHE is the wife and business partner of vince mic man. The CEO of wrestling entertainment term says he wants to shut down the department of education how was this nomination being received?

If you watched the republican national convention, you know, the trumps connection to the world of professional restful has been important to his political persona and outrage. IT might not seem to have much to do with education, but as you say, the department of education is one republicans regularly suggest should not exist at all. IT annually, funders billions to schools and students, but republicans say that could all be handled directly with the state and local government.

Rn, elvin, thanks so much.

Thank you.

Is god from more background on terms? Treasury pigs got bent return to and our chief economic score is about at Scott horsey. Scott, thanks for being with this.

Good morning. Have to be here. And what can you .

tell us about scot peent?

Well, he's not super well known. He runs a hedge fun, the key square group. He also spent a number of years working for billions.

Democratic donor George soros, in fact, only when lost his own fun sorrow, was an investor. But he has been a big earlier for the trump agenda. He's been writing up beds in the mall street journal and on the fox's new's website.

He's also a long time for an advice present. Elect J. D. Vance trump as described person as one of the top and lists on wall street and a nice looking guy too. He he does have a sort of distinguished ed, silver haired gravitates that trump often looks for. The best thing is originally from south care oline a, and he and his husband spent most of time there.

What kind of reception has got passion like that to get in the capital?

Well, he'll probably get a friendly reception from the new top congress if he's confirmed one of his first job will be getting an extension of trumps twenty seventeen tax cuts, parts of which are set to expire next year. He'll likely be pushing on an open door. What IT comes to cutting taxes, although that would probably add to the federal debt, which we learn just yesterday, has now surpassed thirty six trillion dollars. Person has also champion trumps call for deregulation and for increased domestic energy production is a way to bring down cost course.

There are a other big part of Christ s economic platform. What is Scott son said about that?

The basin has defended trunk proposal to slap taxes on all imports, even though most economists say that would likely raise Prices for us businesses and consumers. I D like some of the others, in truth orbit. So beit doesn't seem to be a died in the whole protectionist. In an interview with the financial times last month, he suggested that trump views terrorist as a bargeton chip and said, quote, my general view is that at the end of the day, he's a free trader. So we'll see about that course.

The treasury secretary typically works closely with the federal reserve. What what do you can see there?

We that that could be a source of some friction. You know, trump has frequently criticize the fed chairman drone pal, even though he appointed him to the chairman's post. Trump thanked pilot colleagues were too quick to raise interest rates. The last time trump was in the White house and too quick to lower interest rates and the run up to this false election, the fed is supposed to be insulated from political pressure from the White house.

But trump has repeatedly flaw at that norm and best and went so far as to suggest that trump name a shadow fed chairman to sort of undermined pal, although he later walk that back now panel is yet to remain as fed chairman into twenty twenty six and says he's not going anywhere. How is a staunched defender of the fed's independence? He's also a savy politician, though, and he is trying very hard not to antagonised incoming administration and peers.

Got really thanks so much. You're welcome.

For decades, water systems have been adding flour ride to water to prevent tooth decay.

but yesterday, the Flora surge in in generally issued guidance opposing the practice.

It's a radical policy change that's also on the agenda. A Donald d trumps pick for health secretary Robert f. Kennedy e.

Junior reporter Stephanie colombia from member station W, U, S, F. And temper joins us. Now, definite things for being with this. Glad to be here and tell us about what's happened now in florida.

So yesterday morning the surgeon general here, doctor Joseph lad poo, announced new guidelines, and they advised communities not to add florida to public drinking supplies. You know, later, pod did acknowledge florida is good for your teeth, but he's concerned about other possible health facts, like what he talked about, some recent studies that suggest exposure to high levels of florida is associated with lower I Q. And kids.

And there is a federal toxicology report, and researchers said they have moderate confidence. There is a link, but they say that for fluoride ed levels twice as high as what the us. recommend. And there's also decades of research that show waterflood ation cuts, cavities and children and and adults, and says billions and dental spending. But later, poo believes that the risks of any added florida out way, the established benefits, especially for some groups .

in this in age, with the additional sources of for that people have access to IT is public health male practice to continue adding florida to community water systems that pregnant women and children have access to.

That's him speaking on local station fox thirteen and winter haven. And that city voted a couple weeks ago to stop adding fluoride to the water supply.

As you mention, florida levels in a lot of these studies have been higher than what's we're recommended for us drinking water, given that what's been the reaction .

some support later pose recommendation. But i've also talked to dentist and pediatricians who strongly oppose IT, including doctor jeff otlet, president of the florida dental association.

Florida d has been researched for more than eighty years, and the overwhelming credible scientific evidence consistently indicates that florida of community water supply is safe at optimal levels and effective at preventing and repairing to decay .

and at a safe level. And water, at least as fluoridation, is critical, especially for families who can afford to go to the dentist.

defining what happens next in florida.

Well, this is still up to local governments to decide how to handle this, but an official recommendation from the health department does that pressure. And a handful of communities were already taking steps to stop adding floor right to the water so more could follow suit. And then this debate is habiting nationally, especially now that Robert T.

F. Kennedy, junior, is president electrons pick for health and human services secretary. He wants to issue similar guidance.

Definitely colomba where member station W U S F.

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