{"id":2464606,"date":"2025-07-21T09:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pushes-thune-to-confirm-his-executive-nominees\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:08:25","slug":"trump-pushes-thune-to-confirm-his-executive-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pushes-thune-to-confirm-his-executive-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Pushes Thune To Confirm His Executive Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-pushes-thune-to-confirm-his-executive-nominees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2464606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-the-monster-building-in-hong-kong-with-hundreds-of-floors\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show The Monster Building In Hong Kong With Hundreds Of Floors?\">article reports<\/a> that former President Donald Trump is urging Senate Majority Leader John Thune to expedite the confirmation of his executive nominees currently pending approval in the Senate. Trump emphasized the urgency in a Truth Social post, asking Thune to cancel the upcoming August recess adn additional breaks to ensure these confirmations happen promptly, stating, &#8220;We need them badly!&#8221; the push comes amid over 120 of Trump&#8217;s nominees awaiting Senate action, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-drug-reauthorization-process-muddled-after-pharma-fee-negotiators-laid-off-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"FDA drug reauthorization process muddled after pharma fee negotiators laid off - ... Examiner\">including key positions<\/a> like the under secretary of the Air Force and director of the National Counterterrorism Center. Despite previous promises from Senate Republicans to work extended hours to confirm nominees, progress has been slow, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >leadership allowing long breaks<\/a> that delay the process. If the Senate proceeds with its planned recess, confirmations could be stalled for a month or more unless Trump uses temporary appointment powers. The article highlights the importance of these sub-cabinet appointments in executing the president&#8217;s agenda and notes voter awareness of their critical role following bureaucratic resistance during Trump&#8217;s first term.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:President_Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_with_Senator_John_Thune.jpg\">Office of Senator John Thune\/Wikimedia Commons<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/21\/we-need-them-badly-trump-pushes-thune-to-confirm-his-executive-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%E2%80%98We%20Need%20Them%20Badly%E2%80%99:%20Trump%20Pushes%20Thune%20To%20Confirm%20His%20Executive%20Nominees&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/21\/we-need-them-badly-trump-pushes-thune-to-confirm-his-executive-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=%E2%80%98We%20Need%20Them%20Badly%E2%80%99:%20Trump%20Pushes%20Thune%20To%20Confirm%20His%20Executive%20Nominees&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/21\/we-need-them-badly-trump-pushes-thune-to-confirm-his-executive-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/21\/we-need-them-badly-trump-pushes-thune-to-confirm-his-executive-nominees\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=%E2%80%98We%20Need%20Them%20Badly%E2%80%99:%20Trump%20Pushes%20Thune%20To%20Confirm%20His%20Executive%20Nominees&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/21\/we-need-them-badly-trump-pushes-thune-to-confirm-his-executive-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump is calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune to confirm his executive nominees awaiting confirmation by the upper chamber. <\/p>\n<p>  &ldquo;Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pushes-thune-to-cancel-august-recess-to-get-remaining-nominees-confirmed-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump pushes ... to ... to get remaining nominees ...ed - ... Examiner\">incredible nominees confirmed<\/a>,&rdquo; the president wrote in a Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114882283904953607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Truth Social post<\/a>. &ldquo;We need them badly!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1983967091\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s push for Thune to quickly get his appointees confirmed came days after The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/10\/senate-republicans-dont-deserve-a-vacation-until-theyve-confirmed-trumps-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that there <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/pagelayout\/legislative\/one_item_and_teasers\/nom_cal_civ.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 120<\/a> of the president&rsquo;s nominees awaiting action by the Senate. This includes notable appointments such as Matthew Lohmeier to be the under secretary of the Air Force and Joe Kent to be the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. <\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist&rsquo;s Rachel Bovard previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/20\/senate-republicans-wont-work-5-days-a-week-to-confirm-trumps-key-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">observed<\/a>, while cabinet secretaries &ldquo;are certainly important &hellip; everyone in Washington knows agencies&rsquo; sub-Cabinet-level officers and below are just as critical to executing the president&rsquo;s agenda.&rdquo; Having seen how the entrenched bureaucracy worked to sabotage Trump&rsquo;s first term, Bovard noted, &ldquo;most Republican voters now understand how critical these appointees are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/10\/senate-republicans-dont-deserve-a-vacation-until-theyve-confirmed-trumps-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promising<\/a> voters shortly after Trump&rsquo;s January inauguration that Senate Republicans would work &ldquo;Nights,&rdquo; &ldquo;Weekends,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Recesses&rdquo; to confirm the president&rsquo;s nominees, Thune has moved as slow as molasses on fulfilling such a pledge. In fact, the South Dakota Republican and Senate GOP leadership have regularly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/20\/senate-republicans-wont-work-5-days-a-week-to-confirm-trumps-key-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed<\/a> the Senate for long weekends, allowing confirmation of Trump&rsquo;s nominees to languish in the upper chamber for months on end. <\/p>\n<p>As noted by Trump, the Senate is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/resources\/pdf\/2025_calendar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rapidly approaching<\/a> its August recess, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-past-time-senate-gopers-confirm-trumps-nominees\/\" title=\"It&#039;s Past Time ... GOPers ... ...s Nominees\">roughly month-long &#038;ldquo<\/a>;break&rdquo; in which senators often return to their home states and congressional business (including confirmations) is effectively halted. Should Thune continue the current pace of Senate confirmations and dismiss the upper chamber in early August, the president&rsquo;s executive appointments will be forced to wait an entire month (or longer) to be confirmed (unless Trump decides to <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution.congress.gov\/browse\/essay\/artII-S2-C3-1\/ALDE_00001144\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">temporarily<\/a> fill them). <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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