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NATION/WORLD East Oregonian Page 6A Friday, July 6, 2018 Life in Trump’s Cabinet: Perks, pestering, power, putdowns ident in terms of his expertise, and when Trump is leaning in a differ- ent direction calmly makes his case. White House officials have noticed that Trump sometimes later repeats historical military anecdotes that Mattis related to him — evidence the president was really listening. But even Mattis has seen his influence wane in recent weeks — he opposed the Space Force plan before Trump announced it. WASHINGTON (AP) — Com- merce Secretary Wilbur Ross came in for an Oval Office tongue-lash- ing after he used a mundane soup can as a TV prop. Defense Sec- retary Jim Mattis got overruled by President Donald Trump’s announcement that a new “Space Force” is in the offing. Environ- mental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt caught a sharp admoni- tion from Trump to “knock it off” after his ethics problems dominated cable television — and he was gone within three months. Welcome to the Trump Cab- inet, where broad opportunities to reshape the government and advance a conservative agenda come with everyday doses of pres- idential adulation, humiliation, perks and pestering. Sometimes all at roughly the same time. Members of the president’s Cab- inet have a measure of prestige and power. They can streak across the skies in Air Force One with Trump, act unilaterally to roll back regula- tions not to their liking and set pol- icies with far-reaching implications for millions of Americans. But they also can quickly find them- selves in a harsh spotlight when an administration policy comes under question. With the issue of migrant chil- dren separated from their families dominating headlines, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was so determined to get a better handle on the 12,000 migrant children under his department’s care that he was up until 1 a.m. one night last week personally poring through cases in the operations cen- ter of the bunker-like HHS building at the foot of Capitol Hill. The Cabinet members are lashed to a mercurial president who has been known to quickly sour on those working for him and who doesn’t shy from subjecting subor- dinates — many of them formerly powerful figures in their own rights — to withering public humiliation. Think Attorney General Jeff Ses- sions, a former senator who was labeled “beleaguered” early on by presidential tweet and who has since been repeatedly subjected to public criticism. For all his bad press, Pruitt man- aged to last longer than many in Washington had expected. AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File In this Nov. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Trump’s Cabinet, a collection of corporate heavyweights, deco- rated generals and influential con- servatives, has been beset by reg- ular bouts of turnover and scandal. A Cabinet member’s standing with Trump — who’s up, who’s down; who’s relevant, who’s not — is closely tied to how that person or their issue is playing in the press, especially on cable TV. Over the last 16 months, that dynamic has resulted in a Cabinet with varying tiers of influence with the president. Though all 24 Cab- inet members, including the vice president, can have the president’s ear at times, some have been able to consistently influence Trump behind the scenes and mostly retained his respect. Others have fended off — so far — a swarm of accusations of ethical violations and moved steadily forward enact- ing the president’s agenda. Trump, like many modern pres- idents, has consolidated power in the West Wing and largely judges his Cabinet members by how well they reflect upon him, according to nearly two dozen administration officials, outside advisers and law- makers. Most of those interviewed for this account spoke on condition of anonymity. THE POWERFUL One key measure of the effec- tiveness of Cabinet members has been their ability to manage up to the president — and manage their disappointment when he ignores their counsel. Mike Pompeo, first as Trump’s CIA director and now as his secre- tary of state, has seemingly cracked that code. During a classified briefing on economic assistance for one Afri- can nation, the then-CIA direc- tor whipped out an annotated map, pointing out where U.S. troops were located and showing how aid contributed to their counter-ter- rorism mission. One official in the room said Pompeo presented the map as though he had worked it up the night before, rather than as something produced by his teams of analysts, earning brownie points and a sympathetic response from the president. Pompeo’s stock with the pres- ident ran deep as an early sup- porter. But as CIA director, he worked with the national security team to try to steer the unconven- tional president toward more con- ventional approaches. Their per- sonal relationship grew as Pompeo attended nearly every presidential daily intelligence briefing he could — always bringing visual aids. His predecessor as secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, never clicked with the president and often voiced his objections in a passive-aggres- sive manner that infuriated the pres- ident, delivering retorts like “if you say so” and “you know best, sir,” according to the official. Tillerson was fired in March, months after word leaked that he had reportedly privately referred to Trump as “a moron.” Other officials have also remained in close orbit around Trump, in part by lavishing fre- quent praise on the president both publicly and privately. Trump has remained fond of hard-charging Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, praising his combative briefings with the press. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Ross, whose spokeswoman on Thursday dis- puted the account that Trump spoke harshly to the secretary about the soup can appearance, also have remained in Trump’s good graces. Administration officials believe the Cabinet member who has been most successful in manag- ing Trump has been Mattis. The retired Marine general, thought of as a warrior monk for his academic mindset, is soft-spoken in his inter- actions with the president — often passing up the chance to speak in meetings — but his advice carries outsized weight. Mattis is a frequent guest at White House lunches and dinners, a sign of his elevated status. He frames his suggestions to the pres- THE EMBATTLED Pruitt was far from alone in drawing scrutiny for possible eth- ical violations. Ryan Zinke, the interior secretary, was accused of spending tens of thousands of dol- lars on office renovations and pri- vate flights. David Shulkin was fired from his post as veterans affairs secretary amid a mutiny from his own staff after an inter- nal review found ethics violations related to his trip to Europe with his wife last summer. Trump berated his first health and human services secretary, Tom Price, for a series of misstatements last year that the president felt was complicating the administration’s push to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law, accord- ing to a former administration offi- cial. Price was later fired amid his own ethical scandal involving spending hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars on private travel. All told, Trump has had more turnover of Cabinet-level positions than any president at this point in their tenure in the last 100 years. But what has angered Trump more than the substance of the scandals are the bad images they produced, according to four White House officials and advisers. The president has complained to con- fidants that more members of his Cabinet “weren’t good on TV.” He fumed to one ally in the spring, at the height of the ethical ques- tions surrounding Pruitt, Zinke and Housing and Urban Development head Ben Carson, that he was only seeing his Cabinet on TV for scan- dals and not for fulfilling campaign promises. Trump has also complained that he wants to see more of them on cable television defending his administration and showcasing his accomplishments. 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