--- title: Meryl Streep Proposes Oprah’s Cabinet If She's President description: Meryl Streep on Monday jokingly suggested Oprah Winfrey should hire an all-celebrity staff if she became president. canonical: https://time.com/5094759/meryl-streep-jimmy-kimmel-oprah/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-09T15:22:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:48:28.071Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Meryl Streep Proposes Oprah’s Cabinet If She Runs for President og:description: Harrison Ford should run the Department of Defense, Streep suggested og:url: https://time.com/5094759/meryl-streep-jimmy-kimmel-oprah/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8405db82e7eb3a0a/6988f7897cdbac43dad5b86f/meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NBC's "75th Annual Golden Globe Awards" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meryl Streep Proposes Oprah’s Cabinet If She Runs for President twitter:description: Harrison Ford should run the Department of Defense, Streep suggested twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8405db82e7eb3a0a/6988f7897cdbac43dad5b86f/meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meryl Streep Picked Some Cabinet Members for Oprah If She Runs for President ## Video: Kelly Clarkson Met Meryl Streep On The Golden Globes Red Carpet [Watch (HLS stream): Kelly Clarkson Met Meryl Streep On The Golden Globes Red Carpet](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JGXZTqNY.m3u8) (0:56)  _Published 2018-01-08. She’s a multi-Platinum, Grammy-winning superstar of pop music, but on the red carpet at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, Kelly Clarkson was just another fan freaking out over meeting Meryl Streep._ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 9, 2018 3:22 PM UTC  Meryl Streep arrives to the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2018. Meryl Streep arrives to the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2018.Kevork Djansezian/NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images via Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 9, 2018 3:22 PM UTC Oprah Winfrey has repeatedly said she’s not interested in politics – but that didn’t stop Meryl Streep from throwing out a few ideas for an all-celebrity Cabinet [if Oprah made it](http://time.com/5093066/oprah-beat-donald-trump-president-2020/?xid=homepage) to the White House. Streep, who stars in the new movie [_The Post_](http://time.com/5074756/the-post-journalism/), prompted laughter and applause during an [appearance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u%5FzFDgHc5Vs) on _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ when she proposed Tom Hanks as Winfrey’s running mate, actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as part of her Joint Chiefs of Staff and action star Harrison Ford as the Secretary of Defense. “That would be a pretty good ticket,” Streep said. “You could just keep it in Hollywood, you know. You could have The Rock as the joint chief-of-staff. You could have Harrison Ford running defense.” Many on social media have asked Winfrey to consider a presidential bid in 2020 after the television host delivered an impassioned speech during Sunday’s Golden Globes. Winfrey is “[intrigued](http://time.com/5094699/oprah-president-gayle-king/)” by the idea but is not “actively considering” the idea, her best friend Gayle King said Tuesday on CBS This Morning. In October 2017, Winfrey dashed any speculation about her political aspirations, declaring on CBS: “There will be no running for office of any kind for me.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5094759/meryl-streep-jimmy-kimmel-oprah/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5094759/meryl-streep-jimmy-kimmel-oprah/"},"headline":"Meryl Streep Picked Some Cabinet Members for Oprah If She Runs for President","datePublished":"2018-01-09T15:22:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:48:28.071Z","description":"Harrison Ford should run the Department of Defense, Streep suggested","url":"https://time.com/5094759/meryl-streep-jimmy-kimmel-oprah/","keywords":["celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8405db82e7eb3a0a/6988f7897cdbac43dad5b86f/meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8405db82e7eb3a0a/6988f7897cdbac43dad5b86f/meryl-streep.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NBC's \"75th Annual Golden Globe Awards\" - Arrivals","caption":"NBC's \"75th Annual Golden Globe Awards\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian/NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5094759/meryl-streep-jimmy-kimmel-oprah/","name":"Meryl Streep Picked Some Cabinet Members for Oprah If She Runs for President"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kelly Clarkson Met Meryl Streep On The Golden Globes Red Carpet","description":"She’s a multi-Platinum, Grammy-winning superstar of pop music, but on the red carpet at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, Kelly Clarkson was just another fan freaking out over meeting Meryl Streep.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/JGXZTqNY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-01-08T01:26:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JGXZTqNY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5094759/meryl-streep-jimmy-kimmel-oprah/","duration":"PT56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5094759/meryl-streep-jimmy-kimmel-oprah/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```