Political appointments of the first Trump administration

[5] All members of the Cabinet require confirmation by the United States Senate following nomination by the president prior to taking office.

[7] 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.

[16] Governor of the Asian Development Bank United States Director of the Asian Development Bank Member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Africa) (Europe and Eurasia) (Latin America and the Caribbean) (Middle East) Governor of the International Monetary Fund United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund 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 considered 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.

"[272] 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 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.

[274] In May 2018, assessing the administration's overall personnel approach, Evan Osnos reported in The New Yorker that "more than half of the six hundred and fifty-six most critical positions are still unfilled."

[279][280][281] Pete Hoekstra the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands before his term, made claims in November 2015 at a panel titled "Muslim Migration into Europe: Eurabia come True?"

hosted by the David Horowitz Freedom Center[282] that the Netherlands had "no-go zones" and that politicians and cars were being set on fire in the country due to radical Islam.