An Acting Government For The Trump Administration

[Dulcinea]

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen's resignation may have come as a surprise, but it's part of a pattern for the Trump administration. Replacing Cabinet secretaries has become a feature, not a bug, of this White House.

And it means that after Nielsen leaves her post later this week, three of the president's Cabinet members will be serving in an acting capacity.

Kevin McAleenan was named acting secretary of homeland security to replace Nielsen. Patrick Shanahan has been acting defense secretary since Jan. 1. And David Bernhardt has been acting interior secretary since Jan. 2, though he has been nominated to become the permanent interior secretary.

Trump sees an advantage in their status.

"I like 'acting' because I can move so quickly," he told CBS' Face The Nation in February, adding, "It gives me more flexibility."

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/09/711094554/an-acting-government-for-the-trump-administration

[dewsgirl]

1. A question I've been pondering:

If much of his cabinet is acting, how does that affect the 25th amendment?

[murielm99]

2. We have been wondering the same thing

in my household.