Donald Trump's Glacial Pace Toward a Full Cabinet
Donald Trump is falling behind, and he knows it. His Cabinet, while growing, still has too many empty seats. For a developer accustomed to hiring and firing employees at will, the laborious Senate confirmation process—hearings! debates! cloture votes!—must feel like the longest round of contract negotiations ever.
Last week, he tweeted his frustration, blaming Democrats for the holdup:
It is a disgrace that my full Cabinet is still not in place, the longest such delay in the history of our country. Obstruction by Democrats!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 8, 2017
There could be a bit of Trumpian hyperboleBut at the time of his tweet, the president was correct in that he had than every first-term president since Ronald Reagan. He had even fewer than Barack Obama, who had to find new candidates for Cabinet seats on the fly after his first choices dropped out.
