TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE CALLED “THE ACTING ADMINISTRATION”

…Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s “Acting” Chief of Staff

Trump prefers “acting” positions that allow him to change his mind with a moment’s notice.

The Trump administration has more “acting” positions than any other previous administration after 2 years in a first term. 

In fact, there are more “acting” positions today than there were after the first year of the Trump administration.

President Trump says he likes the “acting” position because it gives him more “flexibility”. 

I assume that means more flexibility to fire those that don’t agree with Trump's uneducated opinions.

So, today, of the 712 key positions that require Senate confirmation:

• 144 have no nominee

• 11 are awaiting a nomination

• 131 have been formally nominated

• 429 Confirmed

The Post and Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, are tracking roughly 700 key executive branch positions through the confirmation process. These positions include Cabinet secretaries, deputy and assistant secretaries, chief financial officers, general counsel, heads of agencies, ambassadors and other critical leadership positions. These are just a portion of the roughly 1,200 overall positions that require Senate confirmation.

The Senate can only act on nominations that have been formally submitted by the Trump administration. Those marked “awaiting nomination” above have been announced but not yet formally submitted, while those marked “formally nominated” are awaiting action by the Senate.

The following is the percentage of the filled key positions in the following agencies:

• Veterans Agency                       83%

• Energy                                       78%

• Commerce                                 76%

• Health & Human Services        76%

• Defense                                      75%

• EPA                                             64%

• Agriculture                                 62%

• State Dept                                   62%

• Treasury                                      61%

• Transportation                            57%

• Education                                    52%

• Homeland Security                     56%

• HUD                                             54%

• Justice                                         45%

• Labor                                           42%

• Interior                                         41%

Note: Those cabinet-level departments with 12 or more tracked positions are included.

No previous administration has ever been in this position at this point of a presidential term.

Is there any wonder why these departments and agencies are all behind in fulfilling their responsibilities?

Copyright G. Ater 2019