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Jonathan Bernstein

The Empty Trump Administration

It's possible he intends to run the nation out of the White House. But that rarely ends well.
Where are all the executive-branch appointees?

Where are all the executive-branch appointees?

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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.