President Trump's first Cabinet meeting lights up social media
President Trump took to his favorite social media platform to post an image showing him welcome Cabinet members to the White House for their first meeting.
Vice President Mike Pence sat across the table from Mr. Trump.
The tweet reads: “Proud to welcome our great Cabinet members to the @WhiteHouse this afternoon with @VP Pence.”
Proud to welcome our great Cabinet members to the @WhiteHouse this afternoon with @VP Pence. pic.twitter.com/nwnSqk8wST
— President Trump (@POTUS) March 13, 2017
White House press secretary Sean Spicer also marked another moment with Mr. Trump’s Cabinet as they watched him sign an executive order aimed at cutting costs of the federal government.
.@POTUS w his cabinet watching, signed an exec order that requires thorough exam of every executive department & agency pic.twitter.com/ugjgvCGAfy
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) March 13, 2017
Mr. Trump used his personal twitter handle, @realDonaldTrump, to emphasize that four seats on his Cabinet were empty because “Senate Dems are delaying,” he wrote.
The four members of Mr. Trump’s Cabinet awaiting confirmation include nominees for agriculture secretary, labor secretary, Director of National Intelligence and the U.S. trade representative.
In the same Cabinet meeting on Monday, Spicer posted this alternate picture angle to Twitter:
.@POTUS held his first cabinet meeting today; discussed #RepealAndReplace , Border Security & Budget - 4 seats empty bc Senate Dems delaying pic.twitter.com/mUckWrkNMR
— Sean Spicer (@PressSec) March 13, 2017
A group of historians say that Mr. Trump’s Cabinet is the richest group in America’s history.
Betsy DeVos, picked for secretary of education, comes from a family worth more than $5 billion; Linda McMahon, picked for small business administrator, has family wealth worth $1.2 billion.