The Trump administration was characterized by record turnover, particularly among White House staff. By early 2018, 43% of senior White House positions had turned over.[7] The administration had a higher turnover rate in the first two and a half years than the five previous presidents did over their entire terms.[8]
By October 2019, one in 14 of Trump's political appointees were former lobbyists; less than three years into his presidency, Trump had appointed more than four times as many lobbyists than Obama did over the course of his first six years in office.[9]
Trump's Cabinet nominations included U.S. senator from Alabama Jeff Sessions as Attorney General,[10] banker Steve Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary,[11] retired Marine Corps general James Mattis as Defense Secretary,[12] and ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State.[13] Trump also brought on board politicians who had opposed him during the presidential campaign, such as neurosurgeon Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,[14] and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley as Ambassador to the United Nations.[15] Trump sits with Cabinet officials at an oval conference table in a formal room, with microphones above it Cabinet meeting, March 2017 Cabinet Main articles: Cabinet of Donald Trump and List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
Days after the presidential election, Trump selected RNC Chairman Reince Priebus as his Chief of Staff.[16] Trump chose Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for the position of Attorney General.[17]
In February 2017, Trump formally announced his cabinet structure, elevating the Director of National Intelligence and Director of the CIA to cabinet level. The Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, which had been added to the cabinet by Obama in 2009, was removed from the cabinet. Trump's cabinet consisted of 24 members, more than Obama at 23 or George W. Bush at 21.[18]
On February 13, 2017, Trump fired Michael Flynn from the post of National Security Advisor on grounds that he had lied to Vice President Pence about his communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak; Flynn later pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about his contacts with Russia.[19] Flynn was fired amidst the ongoing controversy concerning Russian interference in the 2016 election and accusations that Trump's electoral team colluded with Russian agents.
In July 2017, John F. Kelly, who had served as secretary of Homeland Security, replaced Priebus as Chief of Staff.[20] In September 2017, Tom Price resigned as Secretary of HHS amid criticism over his use of private charter jets for personal travel.[21] Kirstjen Nielsen succeeded Kelly as Secretary in December 2017.[22] Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired via a tweet in March 2018; Trump appointed Mike Pompeo to replace Tillerson and Gina Haspel to succeed Pompeo as the Director of the CIA.[23] In the wake of a series of scandals, Scott Pruitt resigned as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in July 2018.[24] Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis informed Trump of his resignation following Trump's abrupt December 19, 2018, announcement that the remaining 2,000 American troops in Syria would be withdrawn, against the recommendations of his military and civilian advisors.[25]
Trump fired numerous Inspectors General of agencies, including those who were probing the Trump administration and close Trump associates. In 2020, he fired five inspectors general in two months. The Washington Post wrote, "For the first time since the system was created in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, inspectors general find themselves under systematic attack from the president, putting independent oversight of federal spending and operations at risk."[26]
The Trump Cabinet President Donald Trump 2017–2021 Vice President Mike Pence 2017–2021 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 2017–2018 Mike Pompeo 2018–2021 Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin 2017–2021 Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis 2017–2019 Mark Esper 2019–2020 Attorney General Jeff Sessions 2017–2018 William Barr 2019–2020 Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke 2017–2019 David Bernhardt 2019–2021 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue 2017–2021 Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross 2017–2021 Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta 2017–2019 Eugene Scalia 2019–2021 Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price 2017 Alex Azar 2018–2021 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson 2017–2021 Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao 2017–2021 Secretary of Energy Rick Perry 2017–2019 Dan Brouillette 2019–2021 Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos 2017–2021 Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin 2017–2018 Robert Wilkie 2018–2021 Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly 2017 Kirstjen Nielsen 2017–2019 Chad Wolf (acting) 2019–2021 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt 2017–2018 Andrew Wheeler 2018–2021 Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney 2017–2020 Russell Vought 2020–2021 Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats 2017–2019 John Ratcliffe 2020–2021 Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo 2017–2018 Gina Haspel 2018–2021 United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer 2017–2021 Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley 2017–2018 Kelly Craft 2019–2021 Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon 2017–2019 Jovita Carranza 2020–2021 Chief of Staff Reince Priebus 2017 John F. Kelly 2017–2019 Mark Meadows 2020–2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Donald_Trump#Cabinet https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-trump-impeachment-vote-01-13-21/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-56054136
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