President’s professed satisfaction with his cabinet may be a reflection of how difficult it would be to get a replacement confirmed
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or more than a decade he built his brand on two words: “You’re fired!” And in his first term in the White House, Donald Trump did not hesitate to show his staff the door, often via an abrasive tweet.
But since resuming the US presidency in January, Trump, the former host of the reality TV show The Apprentice, appears to have become an uncharacteristically bashful boss, more disposed to hiring than firing.
Whereas his first term was marked by chaos – his first 14 months saw the highest cabinet turnover of any president for a century – his second has been comparatively stable, with a team remaining almost entirely intact.
