Still no Secretary of the Navy

[Recursion]

80 days in, and still no Secretary of the Navy, after his first pick was too financially entangled to serve in the Trump administration (think about that for a second).

At a time when the President has engaged in two littoral combat actions, and faces a very confident China expanding its reach in the South China Sea, the President can't be bothered to find a damn Secretary of the Navy. Our last SecNav, former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus, was stellar at the job, and offered to stay on until his replacement takes over (this is somewhat normal in defense posts). Nope. He had to go, and the Navy and Marine Corps only have an acting Secretary. For 80 days and counting.

[rgbecker]

1. Just as well for Trump.

One less guy to raise questions about what the fuck he is doing. With no blow back about Tomahawks on Syria, he now feels free to try them out on N. Korea.