Why are Republican senators working so hard to thwart Trump’s appointments?

Sunday, 17 August 2025, 15:00 MJA Uncategorized 22

American Thinker:

More than two hundred days into the Trump administration, hundreds of presidential appointments remain unfilled, as the vacation-loving United States Senate has not gotten around to confirming these nominations yet.  Of 195 United States ambassadorships to foreign countries, 104 remain vacant.  Currently, the United States has no ambassadors in crucial countries like Germany, Russia, Australia, and other nations of extreme geopolitical importance around the world.

Herein lies the question: Why has a lazy United States Senate gone on vacation, once again, when there is so much crucial work still undone?  Or even worse, although the Constitution allows for recess appointments while the Senate is on vacation, meaning Trump could fill these positions with the Senate gone, Republican leadership of the Senate, headed by John Thune, has resorted to periodic pro forma sessions during the month of August, where the Senate will technically “open” for a couple of days, with virtually nobody there, with the sole aim of blocking the president’s opportunity for recess appointments.  It’s like if the janitor comes in and flips on the lights for a day during the vacation, claiming that the Senate is open for business.  But nobody’s there.  And thus, the president cannot complete his appointments. more

22 Comments on Why are Republican senators working so hard to thwart Trump’s appointments?

  6. John Thune, for one example, needs to feel PHYSICAL PAIN. Precisely for what is referenced above.

    I’d vote for smacking Boehner, McConnell, et al in retrospect as well. No reason for them to get off scot free.

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  10. John Thune was a snake from the git. We all knew it. So he does some MAGA type shit for a couple months and the when you need him most he stabs you in the back. Total POS.

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  11. Thune is and has been a tool of McCONnell, both have no Principles.
    Both appear to be taking orders from Schumer.
    They obviously cut a deal for personal reasons, not caring what the US Voters elected President Trump to do.

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  14. Why? We know why. We’ve known why.

    The question now is how. It can’t be done through the ballot box. It can’t be done with words. It can’t be done with sternly worded letters. The legal system? They are the legal system.

    I’ve narrowed it down. There’s one option left.

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  18. They do it because they are diabolical narcissists. I’ve posted for decades now that they are worse than Democrats. They lie to your face and dry shave you when the chips are down and can do the most damage.

    What is truly needed is a damn good tarring & feathering, then after a ride around town on a rail stretch a rubber glove over their head, shove a pipe up their ass and put them on display in the Smithsonian as a flock of dodo birds.

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  19. SD dumped daschle in 2004 but boooosh jr let in another tyrant named thune . . . so slick nothing could stick.

    We’re all stuck with the man from murdo for 4 more years.

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