Actually, having most of the political appointee positions being vacant might be a best case scenario for real crises. No director of FEMA means we have an acting director that's a professional bureaucrat. The same with NOAA, and lots of other parts of government. Much better than having a director who wants to eliminate the department they head, like with the Environmental Protection Agency.
The downside to this is that these departments don't have a lot of political levers to pull if they need it. And given that there are pretty likely going to be budget cuts, this means the departments could weaken in the long term. But in the short term, we can rely on the strength of the deep state.
Trump though, he thinks he's doing great, cutting by not hiring political appointees. Which is the usual thing of completely missing the point that he does.
The downside to this is that these departments don't have a lot of political levers to pull if they need it. And given that there are pretty likely going to be budget cuts, this means the departments could weaken in the long term. But in the short term, we can rely on the strength of the deep state.
Trump though, he thinks he's doing great, cutting by not hiring political appointees. Which is the usual thing of completely missing the point that he does.
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