Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Makeup of the Cabinet is creating more hurdles for Trump January 3, 2019 President Donald Trump’s Cabinet is increasingly stocked with temporary stand-ins and Washington insiders with deep ties to the industries they regulate, complicating Trump’s ability to govern as he approaches the most perilous period of his presidency and opening up his advisers to conflict-of-interest investigations by resurgent Democrats.