Trump's personnel problem

>> SETH NIGHT LIFE HAVING FUN
WITH INFIGHTING IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, THIS NOW DAY 87
OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY.
STAFFING ISSUES HAVE BEEN AN
ISSUE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
THEM.
STEVE BANNON AND JARED KUSHNER,
AND THE GLACIAL PACE OF FILLING
IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATION
POSITIONS.
THESE ARE THE JOBS IN THE
GOVERNMENT IF YOU LOOK DOWN
HERE, SEE WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED
AND THE CABINET SECRETARIES COME
IN, CONFIRMED, YOU GET THE GREEN
AROUND THEM HERE.
COULD BE NET LEVEL PRETTY GOOD
PROGRESS.
I'LL SHOW YOU NUMBERS IN A
MINUTE.
LOOK DOWN HERE ALL THE JOBS IN
THE GOVERNMENT, SEE ALL THESE
JOBS IN THE GOVERNMENT?
THEY ARE STILL UNFILLED.
LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF THE
CABINET LEVEL POSITIONS, 19
CONFIRMED, THREE STILL AWAITING,
CONFIRMATION.
THE BROADER JOB OF FILLING THE
UNDERSECRETARIES, DAY-TO-DAY
PEOPLE WHO RUN THE GOVERNMENT
508 OPEN POSITIONS, 21 AWAITING
CONFIRMATION, THREE JOBS
CONFIRMED.
OF THIS 508, THE PRESIDENT SAYS
WHY WON'T THE SENATE CONFIRM
THEM?
OF THE 508 HE'S NAMED PEOPLE FOR
33 POSITIONS BUT THEY HAVEN'T
SENT THE PAPERWORK UP TO THE
SENATE, THEY CAN'T ACT ON IT.
THE ADMINISTRATION NAMING PEOPLE
DOING THE PAPERWORK SENDING IT
UP TO THE SENATE.
THE PRESIDENT HAS A DIFFERENT
VIEW.
>> I AM WAITING RIGHT NOW FOR SO
MANY PEOPLE.
>> YOU'RE UNDERSTAFFED.
>> HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE AND THEY'LL SAY WHY CAN'T
TRUMP DOING THIS FASTER.
YOU CAN'T DO IT FASTER BECAUSE
THEY'RE OBSTRUCTIONISTS SO I
HAVE PEOPLE, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET
THROUGH, I MEAN YOU SEE THE
BACKLOG.
CAN'T GET THEM THROUGH.
>> THAT WOULD BE NOT TRUE.
>> NOT TRUE.
>> THAT WOULD BE NOT TRUE.
THE FACT CHECKER IS SOMETIMES A
GRAY AREA.
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THEY HAVEN'T NAMED PEOPLE.
WHEN THEY NAME PEOPLE ARE THE
DEMOCRATS STALLING ON A LOT OF
THEM, SURE THEY ARE.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
STALL ON BECAUSE THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN SO SLOW
TO DO ITS BASIC JOB.
>> PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT
TRUMP WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN A
LOT OF THE ZIG DECISION-MAKING
PROELSE ISES FOR THE NOMINATIONS
FOR YOU SAW THE VISUAL WAS SO
STRIKING, THERE ARE SO MANY JOBS
THAT NEED TO BE FILLED.
THE IDEA THAT THE PRESIDENT OF
THE YOU STATE WOULD NEED TO HAVE
SIGNOFF FOR EACH ONE IS TELLING
ABOUT HOW HE RUNS HIS
ADMINISTRATION.
THERE ISN'T A GENERAL MESSAGE
SENT TO AGENCIES ABOUT THE TYPE
OF PERSON THEY'D WANT TO HAVE,
THE IDEOLOGY THEY'D WANT TO HAVE
FOR THE JOBS SO THEY GET FROZEN
UNTIL TRUMP SIGNS OFF ON AN
ACTUAL NAME.
>> THERE'S BEEN THIS IDEOLOGICAL
PURITY TEST PUT IN PLACE EARLY
IN THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT HAVE
BLOCKED SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD
OTHERWISE BE VERY QUALIFIED FROM
BEING NOMINATED TO THESE
POSITIONS, AND YOU HAVE TO
WONDER WHETHER THEY'RE GIVING
SOME SECOND THOUGHT TO WHETHER
THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THAT
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT FILL 500-SOME
POSITIONS BY ENSURING THAT EVERY
SINGLE HUMAN BEING WHO GOES INTO
THE GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER SAID A
CROSS WORD ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
THAT'S A REALLY HARD TEST TO
HAVE AND IT'S CONTRIBUTED TO
THIS PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SEEING.
>> WITH SO MANY VACANCIES IT
ADDS PRESSURE AND STRESS ON
THOSE WHO ARE HIRED.
WITH SO MANY VACANCIES IT ADDS
PRESSURE ON THE WHITE HOUSE.
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" MAKING FUN
OF SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE NEWS
JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY, INFIGHTING
IN THE PRESIDENT'S SENIOR STAFF.
LISTEN HERE, ROGER STONE WHO IS
AN AGITATOR SHALL WE SAY, FRIEND
OF THE PRESIDENT, I'M BEING
POLITE, AND CHRIS CHRISTIE WHO
RAN THE TRUMP TRANSITION, THEY
BOOTED HIM OUT AND HE CAN
AGITATE ON OCCASION.
HERE IS THEIR TAKE ON STEVE
BANNON THE ARCHITECT OF AMERICA
FIRST WHO CAME IN WITH THE
PRESIDENT, VIEWED AS THE RISING
FORCE AND STRONGEST FORCE IN THE
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE AND NOW SEEMS
TO BE ON THE OUTS.
>> I THINK STEVE MADE AN ERROR
NOT SPENDING ANY OF HIS
POLITICAL CAPITAL TO BRING OTHER
TRUMPITES AND NONGLOBALISTS INTO
THE WHITE HOUSE CIRCLE.
NOW HE'S ALONE AND HE'S
SURROUNDED.
>> STEVE IS A VERY BRIGHT GUY.
I GO TO THE WORK WITH HIM DURING
THE CAMPAIGN.
I THINK HE WAS A BIG HELP TO THE
PRESIDENT DURING THE CAMPAIGN
AND EVERYTHING THAT I SAW HIM
INVOLVED IN, BUT STAFF ARE THERE
TO SERVE THE PRINCIPAL.
>> I THINK THAT WAS TRANSLATING
DON'T CRITICIZE THE SON-IN-LAW.
BUT THIS IS GREAT DRAMA, GREAT
THEATER.
GIVES US THINGS TO TALK ABOUT
HERE BUT IT MATTERS IN TERMS OF
THE ADMINISTRATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> OF WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN
SYRIA, TAX REFORM, HEALTH CARE.
>> WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT IS HE
GOING TO BE?
IS HE GOVERNING AS A TRUMPIST
TYPE NATIONALIST FIGURE WHO
STEVE BANNON WOULD LIKE TO SEE
RESHAPE AMERICAN POLITICS AND
THE GOP OR IS HE GOING TO GOVERN
BASICALLY AS A BLOOMBERG STYLE
REPUBLICAN WHO IS FRIENDLY ON
WALL STREET, WANTS TO CUT TAXES
BUT OTHERWISE KIND OF SOCIALLY
MODERATE OR APATHETIC.
IT'S PRAGMATIC ABROAD.
IT'S NOT JUST KIND OF BACK STAGE
FUN WASHINGTON DRAMA.
IT HAS HUGE CONSEQUENCES IN
TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT
THIS IS GOING TO BE BUT IN SOME
CASE IT'S BEING MADE FOR HIM,
THE CHOICE IS BEING MADE FOR
HIM.
YOU SHOWED THAT LONG LIST OF
FOLKS NOT BEING APPOINTED.
EVENTUALLY THEY HAVE TO NAME
FOLKS FOR JOBS AND THEY'RE GOING
TO NAME CONVENTIONAL FREE MARKET
CONSERVATIVES BECAUSE THAT'S WHO
IS AVAILABLE.
THERE IS NO TRUMPIST PERSONNEL
CABINET AVAILABLE AND THAT'S WHY
I THINK HE'S GOING TO EVOLVE
INTO A MORE CONVENTIONAL
PRESIDENT BECAUSE EVENTUALLY
EVERYBODY AROUND HIM AND THE
AGENCIES IS GOING TO REFLECT A
MORE GENERIC BRAND OF PRETRUMP
ERA CONSERVATIVE POLITICS.
>> IF BAN NONE GETS PUSHED ASIDE
WHICH SEEMS TO BE A
RESPONSIBILITY STRIKING LAST
WEEK AND TWO OCCASIONS.
THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT GIVE
SUPPORT TO HIS TOP ADVISER.
HE BARELY KNEW THE GUY.
>> THE GUY WORKS FOR ME.
>> THE THING ABOUT TRUMP I THINK
THIS IS FASCINATING.
>> DESIGNATED DRIVER.
ROLLER COASTERS GO UP AND DOWN.
>> GARY COHN, A GOLDMAN SACHS
EXECUTIVE NOW IN THE WHITE HOUSE
DOING ECONOMIC POLICY BUT HAS A
WIDE PORTFOLIO IS GETTING A LOT
OF ATTENTION.
HE'S GIVING NEWSPAPER PROFILES
WRITTEN ABOUT HIM, HE'S ON
TELEVISION.
>> UH-OH.

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