President Donald Trump, convening the first full Cabinet meeting since his inauguration on Monday, said his administration has achieved "tremendous success" at a "record-setting pace", even though Democrats only care about being "obstructionists", the Washington Examiner reported. "Greatest privilege of my life is to serve the president".
"Never has there been a president - with few exceptions, in the case of FDR he had a major Depression to handle - who's passed more legislation, who's done more things than what we've done", Trump told his cabinet members.
Going around a large table at the White House, Trump's cabinet members offered praise of the president and gave brief updates on their department's work.
"Mr. President, what an honor it is to lead the Department of Health and Human Services", Tom Price said to his boss, who definitely knew that already.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader and an outspoken critic of the president, had his staff praise him for his ideal tone, great hair, and the blessing of working with him.
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Earlier, at the Cabinet meeting, heads of his executive branch agencies showered praises on the first five months of Trump's administration, while the President basks in the pouring admiration. Trump has signed more bills into law than all but two presidents in the last 84 years - but PolitiFact has noted that none of them are particularly significant.
"I think the worldwide community knows we're back", she added.
"I ran 16 Cabinet meetings during Obama's 1st term", Lu tweeted around noon on Monday. Trump answered, "Thank you", signaling his aides to usher the media out of the room.
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross thanked the president for giving him the opportunity to fix the trade deficit, while Energy Secretary Rick Perry praised Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said, "I want to congratulate you on the men and women you've placed around this table". Not only did they heap praise on their leader but many of them could not thank Donald Trump enough for the privilege to serve under him. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said, "I want to thank you for getting this country moving again".
And Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue noted he "just got back from MS and they like [Trump] there". "Nobody has better hair than you do", she answered.
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