Analysis | Trump relies on acting Cabinet officials more than most presidents. It’s not an accident.

Analysis: Trump relies on acting Cabinet officials more than most presidents. It’s not an accident.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen listens as President Trump speaks at the White House, Jan. 4, 2018. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 8 at 10:18 AM By now, we’re used to the pattern. President Trump appoints a staffer to a position, lavishing the person with praise and often implying that no better person could have been chosen.

That’s obviously true. Trump can slot someone in without having to have the person confirmed by the Senate, a move he used at the Department of Justice last year after he fired Attorney General Jeff B. Sessions. One small caveat: As the graph at the bottom shows, the Cabinet is larger these days than it used to be.

But Trump has also been slow to fill positions across the agencies, not just at the top. As of writing, Post-Partnership for Public Service data suggest that at least 12 agencies still see a quarter or more of their Senate-confirmed positions unfilled.

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