President Donald Trump complained on Twitter Friday morning that “it is so pathetic that the Dems have still not approved my full Cabinet.” | AP Photo Trump: It's 'pathetic' Dems are holding up Cabinet picks

With his two most recent nominees left to be confirmed, President Donald Trump complained on Twitter Friday morning that “it is so pathetic that the Dems have still not approved my full Cabinet.”

With the confirmations of Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy clearing the Senate on Thursday, only Agriculture Secretary-designate Sonny Perdue and Labor Secretary-designate Alexander Acosta remain unconfirmed.


Perdue’s nomination was the final cabinet post to be filled by Trump, who announced his pick for Secretary of Agriculture on the day before his inauguration. Acosta was nominated in the middle of last month after Trump’s initial pick to lead the Labor Department, fast-food CEO Andrew Puzder, dropped out amid an array of scandals, including employing an undocumented worker and allegations of spousal abuse.

Both Acosta and Purdue are awaiting Senate confirmation hearings.

While Trump’s official cabinet is nearly filled out, other cabinet-level positions remain unfilled. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats both have yet to be confirmed by the Senate.

Trump administration officials made a habit in their early days in office of complaining that the Senate was moving at a historically slow pace in confirming the president’s appointees, comparing the rate at which they were approved to that of past administrations.

While some Trump appointees, like Defense Secretary James Mattis and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao were approved without much debate, many of the president’s picks, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Attorney General Jeff Sessions proved controversial and prompted significant battles to force through their confirmation.