Trump remains fixated on the campaign as he applies a loyalty test to some prospective officials. It is not just secretary of state Rex W. Tillerson who has no deputy secretary, much less Trump-appointed under secretaries or assistant secretaries. Only three of 15 nominees have been named for deputy secretary positions. In some cases, the Trump administration is even going in reverse. The State Department has laid off six top career officials in recent days, apparently out of questions about their loyalty to Trump.

Source: The Telegraph February 19, 2017 21:48 UTC