This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Links to lists of announced positions from which candidates have withdrawn or appointees who have resigned, as well as lists of appointments to other independent agencies and of holdovers from previous administrations are below.
There are 1,212 presidential appointments which require confirmation by the U.S. Senate and 353 presidential appointments which do not require confirmation. The Washington Post has identified 635 key positions requiring U.S. Senate confirmation. As of January 29, 2018, 245 of Trump's nominees have been confirmed for those key positions, 146 are awaiting confirmation, and 4 have been announced but not yet formally nominated.
All members of the Cabinet require the advice and consent of the United States Senate following appointment by the President prior to taking office. The Vice Presidency is exceptional in that the position requires election to office pursuant to the United States Constitution. Although some are afforded Cabinet-level rank, non-cabinet members within the Executive Office of the President, such as White House Chief of Staff, National Security Advisor, and White House Press Secretary, do not hold constitutionally created positions and most do not require Senate confirmation for appointment.
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Analysis
Certain news organizations, such as Politico and Newsweek, called Trump's incomplete cabinet a "conservative dream team" or "the most conservative cabinet [in United States history]." On the other hand, The Wall Street Journal stated that "it's nearly impossible to identify a clear ideological bent in the incoming president's" cabinet nominations. The Wall Street Journal also stated that Trump's nominations signaled a pro-deregulation administration policy.
Among Donald Trump's appointments there have been several former Goldman Sachs employees, such as Steven Mnuchin, Steven Bannon, and Gary Cohn, as well as several generals, such as Michael T. Flynn, James Mattis, and John Kelly. These appointments have generated some criticism, including allegations of violations of the principle of civilian control of the military and allegations of regulatory capture. The Democratic senator from Missouri, Claire McCaskill, has criticized Donald Trump's cabinet stating; "I call it the three 'G' Cabinet: Goldman, generals and gazillionaires."
On January 18, two days before Trump's inauguration, it was reported that he had by then nominated only 28 people to fill 690 positions requiring Senate confirmation. In particular, there had been no nominations below the Cabinet level for the departments of State or Defense, and the staff for the National Security Council was incomplete, while none of the NSC leadership had any NSC experience.
On February 28, 2017, Trump announced he did not intend on filling many of the numerous governmental positions that were still vacant, as he considered them unnecessary. According to CNN on February 25, nearly 2,000 vacant governmental positions existed.
Maps Political appointments by Donald Trump
Color key
Denotes appointees serving in offices that did not require Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees confirmed by the Senate.
Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
Denotes nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office.
Executive Office of the President
Office of the Vice President of the United States
Council of Economic Advisers
Office of Administration
Office of Management and Budget
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of the Army
Department of the Air Force
Department of Education
Department of Energy
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
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Department of Labor
Department of State
Ambassadors of the United States
United Nations
NATO
Department of Transportation
Department of the Treasury
Department of Veterans Affairs
Independent intelligence agencies
National Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Other independent agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Reserve System
NASA
Small Business Administration
Independent banks
Independent boards
Independent commissions
Independent offices
Miscellaneous
Appointees who have resigned
Announced positions from which candidates have withdrawn
Holdovers from previous administrations
Pace of appointments and approvals
While President Trump tweeted on February 7, 2017, dissatisfaction - "It is a disgrace my Cabinet is not yet in place, the longest such delay in the history of our country"--the assertion was ruled false by the BBC based on a detailed review of the last five administrations. The analysis found more room for a general complaint of slowness in congressional action and that the administration "has by far the fewest confirmed cabinet selections at this point" but it also noted that, beyond the non-action on Judge Merrick Garland's 10-month nomination to the Supreme Court by Trump's predecessor, President Obama's "choice for Labor secretary, Thomas Perez, took 121 days to be confirmed. John Bryson, his commerce pick, waited 126 days. Attorney General Loretta Lynch holds the modern record, as 161 days passed before getting Senate approval."
In an update on the March 2017 nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo to the CFTC, the White House submitted his paperwork to the Senate committee in early May. "The paperwork is a prerequisite for the panel to advance the nomination with a hearing and an eventual committee vote, which now may not come until the summer or fall. The committee is said to be waiting for the administration to nominate individuals to fill two more vacancies at the commission before it holds the hearing, according to Senate aides and people familiar with the process," reported the Wall Street Journal.
In July 2017, the New York Times assessed the pace and reported that Trump had announced 36 percent of "leadership positions below the secretary level" compared with 78 percent by Obama over the same period. Average approval time has been nine days slower for Trump appointees versus Obama's. Ten of 15 Cabinet agencies had no number two, several deputy secretaries were not nominated until after the Administration's 100-day mark, and some had not yet been nominated.
By October 2017, Trump had made 412 nominations. By the same point in their respective presidencies, George W. Bush had made 640 nominations and Barack Obama had made 536 nominations.
See also
- Republican National Committee chairmanship election, 2017 for the national leadership of Trump's political party
- Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates for the judicial nominee to fill the vacancy formerly held by Antonin Scalia
- Cabinet of Donald Trump, for the vetting process undergone by top-level roles including advice and consent by the Senate
- Sr. Advisor to the President, the role formerly held by Karl Rove under George W. Bush, then by Valerie Jarrett/David Axelrod/etc under Barack Obama
- List of executive branch 'czars' e.g. Special Advisor to the President
- List of economic advisors to Donald Trump, concentrating on the informal advisors that are not officially part of the Trump administration
- List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump
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References
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