Tuesday Briefing: Trump starts building his cabinet
Good morning. We’re covering President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for key positions and the U.N. climate talks in Azerbaijan. Plus, West African fine dining.
Trump starts forming his administrationPresident-elect Donald Trump is making decisions about his administration. Trump appointed Elise Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman from New York, to the role of U.N. ambassador and is expected to name Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be deputy chief of staff with a vast portfolio. Thomas Homan, a senior immigration official in the last Trump administration, was named “border czar.” Trump last week picked his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, to be his chief of staff. Stefanik has relatively little diplomatic or foreign policy experience. A staunch supporter of Israel, she has accused the U.N. of being plagued by “antisemitic rot” and proposed blocking funding for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Many Israeli officials in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government have celebrated Trump’s victory. We talked to Patrick Kingsley, our Jerusalem bureau chief, about what may lie in store for the Middle East. What changes might we see in the relationship between Israel and the U.S.? Patrick: Many on the Israeli right hope that a Trump presidency will give them greater political cover to install Jewish settlers in Gaza, entrench Israeli control over the West Bank, overhaul the Israeli judicial system and launch bigger strikes on Iran. But Trump is unpredictable, and his interests may not always align with Israel’s. For example, he suggested last month that he would not support regime change in Iran, a goal for some Israeli leaders. Trump has promised in the past to bring peace to the Middle East. With the region in tumult, how plausible is that goal? When last in office, Trump helped forge landmark diplomatic ties between Israel and three Arab countries, ties that remain intact. Once back in power, he may aim to forge a similar pact between Israel and Saudi Arabia. But he will find it far harder to seal a deal between Israel and the Palestinians — without which it will be impossible to achieve lasting peace in the region. And while it’s likely that early in his tenure there will be cease-fires in Gaza and Lebanon, those truces would likely have been reached under a Harris presidency, too. Read the full Q&A with Patrick here.
U.N. climate talks openedWorld leaders opened the global climate summit, COP29, in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, yesterday and faced a bleak reality: The U.S., the country responsible for pumping the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, is expected to soon drop out of the fight against climate change. During the two-week talks, financial support for developing countries is expected to be a focus, but the U.S. is likely to abandon its plans to give aid. Trump also intends to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the 2015 international pact to protect the planet. Context: The talks are being hosted by an autocratic government whose economy relies almost entirely on fossil fuels. Why is COP29 being held in Baku?
How the attacks on Israeli soccer fans unfoldedTensions were already high in Amsterdam before the attacks last week on visiting Israeli soccer fans at an Europa League match. The city is home to a large Muslim population, many of whom are angry over Israel’s conduct in the Gaza war. Things started to escalate in the hours leading up to the match Thursday night: Israeli soccer fans stoked anger by chanting incendiary slogans, including declaring that there were “no children” in Gaza anymore, and by defiling the Palestinian flag. Civic leaders say the Israeli fans were then assaulted on multiple occasions in different locations. Here’s what else we know about how the attacks unfolded.
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The immigrant cuisines most recognizable in Europe and the U.S. are often those served at hole-in-the-wall restaurants and halal carts. But today, chefs and restaurateurs of West African descent are seeking a different entry point: They are opening high-end restaurants in Paris, London, New York and elsewhere, creating some of the most exciting dishes you’ll find today. Lives lived: Hama Amadou, a politician who alternated stints in high office in Niger with prison and exile, has died at age 74.
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The grief of never having grandchildrenA growing number of Americans say they are unlikely to have children. Now their parents are grappling with what that means for them. Would-be grandparents may experience a deep sense of longing and loss when their children opt out of parenthood, even if they understand that their children do not “owe” them a family legacy, said Claire Bidwell Smith, a therapist based in Los Angeles. It’s a kind of grief, she said, that our culture tends not to recognize, and that people don’t know how to talk about. Read more here.
Cook: These are the crispiest smashed potatoes with fried onions and parsley. Read: The Booker Prize will be announced today. Which of these six novels should win? Watch: “Dune: Prophecy” takes place 10,000 years before the action in the two “Dune” movies. Travel: Cruise lines are offering more off-season trips in the Mediterranean at bargain prices. Play: Spelling Bee, the Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Find all our games here. That’s it for today. See you tomorrow. — Gaya P.S. Russell Goldman is our new senior global news editor. We welcome your feedback. Send us your suggestions at briefing@nytimes.com.
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