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Chris Opfer is Managing Editor for Labor News at Bloomberg BNA.
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Trump said to pick fast-food exec Andrew Puzder for Labor It's being reported that Donald Trump's choice to lead the Department of Labor will be Andrew Puzder, CEO of a major fast food company who strongly opposes raising the minimum wage. Chris Opfer, Managing Editor for Labor News at Bloomberg BNA , reports on the response of organized labor and concerns over potential conflicts of interest.
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.