Cabinet of Donald Trump
As President Donald Trump appoints the top officials of federal departments and agencies. Unlike prior Presidents, Trump chose to let each cabinet member choose his own team rather than having the White House personnel office select the positions below each cabinet officer.
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Reaction from leftists and the media
The Liberal Media has continuously attacked Trump's picks, but this is to be expected, considering their favorite Hillary Clinton lost the election even with their overwhelming support.
Additionally, Senate Democrats unduly delayed Trump's cabinet nominees at historic and unprecedented proportions[1]—by February 8, 2017, only George Washington had fewer cabinet nominees confirmed by this length of time into his presidency.[2]
Conservative orientation
According to the American Conservative Union, Trump's cabinet was even more conservative than that of Ronald Reagan.[3]
The media noted how conservative President Trump's cabinet was. The mainstream media went hysteric over the credentials of President Trump's cabinet members because they did not come from the leftist political establishment. While the leftist media frequently exaggerates the level of conservativism of various people or groups, their hysteria shows that President Trump's cabinet is conservative.
Newsweek wrote that "Donald Trump is Building the Most Conservative Presidential Cabinet in U.S. history."[4] Other media outlets, such as Politico,[5] the Los Angeles Times,[6] The Hill,[7] and CNN,[8] made similar statements.
President Trump's cabinet is expected to favor deregulation.[9]
Members
Cabinet-level positions
Cabinet members who are department and outside agency heads require Senate confirmation. Some position within the Executive Office of the President require Senate approval as well. A president however is free to seek advice from anyone, including elevating a member of his personal staff to cabinet-level rank. According to the White House, President Trump's cabinet also comprises these officials:[13]
| Office | Cabinet member |
|---|---|
| White House Chief of staff | Reince Priebus |
| United States Trade Representative | Robert Lighthizer |
| Director of National Intelligence | Dan Coats |
| Representative of the United States to the United Nations | Nikki Haley |
| Director of the Office of Management and Budget | Mick Mulvaney |
| Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | Mike Pompeo |
| Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | Scott Pruitt |
| Administrator of the Small Business Administration | Linda McMahon |
White House staff
This is an incomplete table of several White House staff positions of more high-profile members. Note: staff members work inside the White House in close proximity to the president, most all do not require Senate approval, and are not outside department or agency heads. They are the President's personal staff, and most do not hold cabinet rank with few exceptions, notably Senior Advisor Kushner, Chief of Staff Priebus, and National Security Advisor McMaster. Cabinet members, as most all staff as well, must go through the Chief of staff to gain access to the President.
Numerous positions held in previous White Houses remain unreported or unfilled. Some unfilled positions may be by design, and an effort to pare down the size of the staff.
While the First Lady of the United States has an Office and staff budget, including a Chief of staff and Press secretary, Melania Trump has been reluctant to assume a bureaucratic role. The President's daughter Ivanka Trump, who was delegated authority by the President-elect to hire White House Chief of staff Reince Priebus, works as an unpaid Presidential Assistant with her own chief of staff.
Senior staff have the title Assistant to the President, second-level staff have the title Deputy Assistant to the President, and third-level staff have the title Special Assistant to the President.
| White House Office | member |
|---|---|
| Office of the Chief of Staff | |
| White House Chief of staff | Reince Priebus |
| Senior Advisor for Strategic Planning | Jared Kushner |
| Senior Advisor for Policy | Stephen Miller |
| Assistant to the President | Ivanka Trump |
| Assistant to the President | Julie Radford |
| Counselor to the President | Kellyanne Conway |
| Chief Strategist | Steve Bannon |
| Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations | Joe Hagin |
| Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Implementation | Rick Dearborn |
| White House Counsel office | |
| White House counsel | Donald McGahn |
| Deputy White House counsel | Greg Katsas |
| Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate counsel | James Burnham |
| Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate counsel | Uttam Dhillon[14] |
| Special Assistant to the President and Associate counsel | Michael Ellis |
| Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate counsel for compliance | Scott Gast[15] |
| Special counsel to the President and chief of staff to the White House counsel | Ann Donaldson |
| NSC staff | |
| National Security Advisor | H.R. McMaster[16] |
| Deputy National Security Advisor | K.T. McFarland |
| Assistant to the President for Homeland Security And Counterterrorism and Deputy National Security Advisor | Thomas Bossert |
| Deputy National Security Advisor for the Western Hemisphere | Ricky Waddell |
| Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy | Dina Powell |
| National Security Council director of intelligence | Ezra Cohen-Watnick[17] |
| National Security Council legal adviser | Micael Ellis |
| Senior National Security Advisor for the Middle East | Derek Harvey |
| Deputy National Security Advisor for the Middle East | Joel Rayburn |
| Senior Director for Europe and Russia | Fiona Hill |
| Director for Strategy | Nadia Schadlow |
| Deputy Assistant to the President | Sebastian Gorka |
| Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations | Jason Greenblatt[18] |
| National Economic Council (NEC) | |
| Director of the National Economic Council | Gary Cohn |
| Deputy Assistant for international economic affairs and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council | Kenneth Juster |
| Office of Legislative Affairs | |
| Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs | Marc Short |
| Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs | Amy Swonger |
| Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and House Liaison | Bethany Scully |
| Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and Senate Liaison | Virginia Boney |
| Special Assistant to the President and Policy Special Assistant | Andy Koenig |
| Deputy Director of Nominations | Mary Elizabeth Taylor |
| Office of Political Affairs | |
| Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs | Bill Stepien |
| Office of Cabinet Affairs | |
| Deputy Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary | Bill McGinley |
| Office of the Staff Secretary[19] | |
| Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary | Rob Porter |
| Office of Communications | |
| Communications Director | |
| Press Secretary | Sean Spicer |
| Director of Strategic Communications | Hope Hicks |
| Director of Social Media | Dan Scavino |
| Advisor for policy, strategy, and speechwriting | Vincent Haley |
| Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs | |
| Assistant to the President and Director for the Office of Public Liaison | George Sifakis |
| Director of Communications | Omarosa Manigault |
| Office of Presidential Personnel | |
| Director of Presidential Personnel | John DeStefano |
See also
References
- ↑ No President has Ever Waited This Long to Get a Cabinet Approved. CNBC (February 24, 2017). Retrieved on February 27, 2017.
- ↑ Singman, Brooke (February 8, 2017). Trump facing historic delays in confirmation push. Fox News. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ↑
- Bedard, Paul (February 9, 2017). CPAC-ACU: Trump's Cabinet the most conservative, surpassing Reagan. Washington Examiner. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- Rodack, Jeffrey (February 9, 2017). ACU: Trump Cabinet Most Conservative in Modern History. Newsmax. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ↑ Cooper, Matthew (December 9, 2016). Donald Trump is Building the Most Conservative Presidential Cabinet in U.S. History. Newsweek.
- ↑ Trump's Conservative Dream Team. Politico (November 30, 2016). Retrieved on February 17, 2017.
- ↑ Trump's Cabinet Picks are Among the Most Conservative in History. What that Means for His Campaign Promises. Los Angeles Times (December 15, 2016). Retrieved on February 17, 2017.
- ↑ Trump's Unorthodox Cabinet. The Hill (December 15, 2016). Retrieved on December 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Donald Trump's Cabinet a Boon for Conservatives", CNN, December 20, 2016. Retrieved on December 27, 2016.
- ↑ Donald Trump's Cabinet Selections Signal Deregulation Moves Are Coming. The Wall Street Journal (December 8, 2016). Retrieved on December 10, 2016.
- ↑ Trump originally nominated Andrew Puzder, but he withdrew.
- ↑ [1], CNN.
- ↑ [2], The Cabinet .
- ↑ President Donald J. Trump Announces His Cabinet. whitehouse.gov. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ↑ Formerly chief oversight counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.
- ↑ formerly Investigative Counsel to the Office of Congressional Ethics
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/mcmaster-has-the-islamophobes-worried-good-214815
- ↑ http://www.jta.org/2017/04/14/news-opinion/politics/meet-ezra-cohen-watnick-the-nsc-aide-who-reportedly-leaked-intel-to-back-trump-tapping-claims
- ↑ http://abovethelaw.com/2017/04/the-trump-white-house-lawyers-how-much-are-they-worth-part-2/?rf=1
- ↑ John Podesta, David Gergen, Richard Darman, Harriet Miers, Jon Huntsman, Sr., and Andrew Goodpaster all worked in this office at one point in their careers.
