DEMS/NOMINATIONS/NORTH KOREA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Sunday [3-11-18] blamed Senate Democrats for the dearth of experts at the State Department, ignoring the department’s high turnover and the number of positions for which there is no nominee. ‘The Democrats continue to Obstruct the confirmation of hundreds of good and talented people who are needed to run our government … A record in U.S. history. State Department, Ambassadors and many others are being slow walked. Senate must approve NOW,’ Trump wrote on Twitter. The lack of experts at the State Department is receiving renewed attention after the announcement that Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may meet for a possible historic summit.”
– Brent D. Griffiths, “Trump attacks Democrats for obstruction on appointees,” Politico, Mar. 11, 2018 11:52am