The Trump administration’s cabinet has little influence as force is the real tool of the US administration, political scientist Professor Norman Finkelstein says.
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00:00Just looking at who's in the new Trump administration, the ambassador to Israel, Huckabee, Elon Musk,
00:07look at the inner sanctum, people surrounding Donald Trump.
00:12How well advised do you think he is on this particular issue?
00:16And what do you think it means for peace prospects, for the future of the Palestinian people,
00:22that President Trump is there with those people around him?
00:25I do not believe there's much question or there ought to be much focus on who's surrounding him.
00:36You can be surrounded by rednecks and bizarre figures,
00:47or you can be surrounded by very quote-unquote enlightened people like Tony Blinken.
00:56It doesn't really make much difference.
00:59The common denominator of all these people is very simple,
01:05that force works, that we have a near monopoly on force,
01:14and that if you consistently, persistently persevere in the resort to force, violent force, that you can get your way.