If Dan Brouillette is confirmed as Energy Secretary, he will become the fifth ex-lobbyist in Trump's current cabinet
Outgoing Energy Secretary Rick Perry with President Trump. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images On Monday, swamp-drainer-in-chief President Trump announced on Twitter that Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette will be nominated to replace current Secretary Rick Perry, who will depart by the end of the year.
As a former auto-industry lobbyist, Brouillette won’t be lonely in Trump’s cabinet, where he joins former coal lobbyist and current EPA head Andrew Wheeler; former oil and gas lobbyist and current Interior Secretary David Bernhardtl; former Raytheon lobbyist and current Defense Secretary Mark Esper; and former Goldman Sachs lobbyist and current Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia.
The administration’s brazen staffing choices extend well beyond the cabinet level. According to a recent accounting by ProPublica and Columbia Journalism Investigations, there is one lobbyist for every 14 political appointees working in the Trump administration. The 281 lobbyists who have been employed by the administration already outnumber what Presidents Bush and Obama totalled for their eight years in office.
Unlike some of the president’s less qualified appointees, Brouillette has proven himself to be capable in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Energy; according to the New York Times, at the department he is known “for his deep knowledge of key policy issues related to nuclear weapons, cyber security and energy exports.
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