PNN – “Donald Trump”, the president-elect of the United States of America, has started the removal and installation of his administration and has introduced his desired options for the positions that are not vacant.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from the Washington Times newspaper, Trump is firing some officials appointed by the previous administration before the official start of his administration.
This newspaper writes about the introduction of new faces for posts that still have a lot of time left until the end of their mandate: Trump’s deconstructive approach is not only related to the people he chooses, and the president-elect seeks to remove those he does not see fit for the current jobs. The Washington Times emphasizes that Trump has nominated candidates even for positions that are not going to be vacant at the moment, and in response to the protests, he has emphasized that he will fill the positions with his options in any case.
For example, Commissioner Danny Werfel’s tenure as Commissioner of Internal Revenue (one of the federal agencies) is five years and he still has three more years left until the end of his term. But Trump plans to replace him with a former member of Congress.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray, who was appointed in 2017, still has two more years left until the end of his administration. But Trump has recently introduced Cash Patel, who has experience working in the Ministry of Justice and the National Security Council of the White House, for this federal institution; the person Democrats resent and Republicans eagerly await his devastating changes to the FBI.
It is said that Ray also succumbed to the pressure and announced that he will resign with the end of the current government.
Vanderbilt University political scientist David Lewis, who studies presidential candidates, said: Historically, there have been many political restrictions on removing people before the end of their terms, unless they behave badly.
This university professor explained: Basically, the theory behind fixed-term appointments is to keep them away from political temptations.
The Washington Times further notes: This is not the first time that Trump has taken such measures. In 2017, he fired the then director of the FBI, James Comey, who was appointed by former US President Barack Obama. Such changes were seen even in the era of Joe Biden, and in his administration, Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, appointed by Trump, was fired.