The Oval Office (when it is empty). New York Daily News.
We're two days away from having a new president. But we're apparently a lot longer than that from having a Trump administration with even a minimally functional ability to govern.
Politico's Michael Crowley has a nice piece explaining the missing National Security Council staffers, and the dangers that could cause if there's an early crisis. Hundreds of briefing papers have been created by Obama's NSC and sent to Team Trump, but the New York Times reports that no one knows if they've been reviewed.
Yet the NSC is ahead of the curve for this administration. Look at the big four departments. There's no Trump appointee for any of the top State Department jobs below secretary nominee Rex Tillerson. No Trump appointee for any of the top Department of Defense jobs below retired general James Mattis. Treasury? Same story. Justice? It is one of two departments (along with, bizarrely, Commerce) where Trump has selected a deputy secretary. But no solicitor general, no one at civil rights, no one in the civil division, no one for the national security division.
And the same is true in department after department. Not to mention agencies without anyone at all nominated by the president-elect.
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WNU Editor: This is what happens when the establishment of a winning political party publicly disapproves of the person who has won the Presidency .... there will be blow-back, and it will be in the form of who gets what job/position in government. Am I surprised .... absolutely not. No leader is going to appoint people who disapprove of his/hers policies. Unfortunately for President Trump .... the pool of people that he needs to go to to fill up his government .... the think-tanks, the foreign policy establishment organisations, business groups, etc. .... are the same ones who have made it very clear that they do not approve of his policies. I still expect these positions will be filled in the coming months .... too much money and power is at stake .... and there will be no shortage of good candidates. But for many in Washington .... especially for those who work in these think-tanks and foundations and who dream of the day when they are in government influencing policy .... I am hearing on the grapevine that many of them are in shock that they have not received a phone call from the Trump administration .... let alone getting a job offer.
Hat tip Jay for this link.
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