rumors cush they are might be up for a top administration job, a 1967 federal law prohibits relatives, including in-laws, from serving in the cabinet or being appointed to other government jobs, louis? another responsibility will be planning how to fill the political appointments of his administration. after repeatedly promising to, quote, drain the swamp, there are several names popping up that aren t exactly outsiders. katy tur has the details. reporter: who will donald trump surround himself with? after all, he s promised the biggest and the best on the campaign trail. we have to have smart people. i have the smartest people. reporter: nbc news has learned from campaign sources the trump transition team has not yet presented the president-elect with any names for top posts, but his team has a working list of three to five names for each cabinet position. it s up to donald trump and
to come in and say, this is a guy who s going to replace me. and i m okay with that and by saying i m okay with that, hopefully he can send a message to all these young people and they are young people, who are devastated, who voted for hillary clinton, that, you know, what, we have to move on. because a lot of these young people have never understand a presidency without barack obama as president. they were probably 12 when he got elected. so i think for he s trying to teach them how this democracy works, because a lot of them don t understand how it works. there are a lot of people my age who are worried they ll never have another shot for a woman president. there s a lot of heartbreak out there. nbc news reports tonights that donald trump s transition team has a working i m sorry, i m burping here. a working list of three to five names for each cabinet level position. and i want to share with you my skepticism about any of these names. the senior staff would review their optio
a lot of these young people have never really understood without barack obama as president. they were probably 12 when he got elected. so i think he s trying to teach them how this democracy works, because a lot of them don t understand how it works. a lot of people my age are worried they ll never have another shot for a woman president. a lot of heartbreak out there. nbc news reports tonight that donald trump s transition team has a working list of three to five names for each cabinet level position. i want to chair any skepticism about these names. senior staff would review their option with the trump s family. that s interesting. while they have not officially presented anything, several people are under consideration, including rudy giuliani for attorney general. newt gingrich as secretary of state. general michael flynn for secretary of defense. congressman michael mccaul for homeland security. the new york times is
to replace me and i m okay with that. and hopefully he can send a message to the young people who are devastated. a lot of these young people have never really understood without barack obama as president. they were 12 when he got elected. a lot of people my age are worried they ll never have another shot for a woman president. donald trump has a working list of three to five people for each candidate position. the senior staff would review their options with the trump s family. that s interesting. he wants his family to approve this. while they have not officially presented anything for the president-elect, including rudy giuliani i think the names were put up as scare crows but now they re real, i guess.
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