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There is so much to discuss.
In this episode.
We're going to be looking at all of the people Donald Trump's been picking for the top jobs in his administration.
What that tells us about what his policy is going to be like and the people he surrounds himself with.
But there's another meeting first.
We've got to mention the President elect and the former President were meeting the current president and yet there were only two of them in the room.
Work that one out in the Oval Office with an absolutely enormous roaring fire in the background that was maybe to melt any frostiness between the two of them.