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<div class="css-17ih8de interactive-body">  <div class="birdkit-body g-bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q g-dark-mode-incompatible" data-birdkit-hydrate="b0391794d811e8ab" data-preview-slug="bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q" id="g-bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q"> <div class="g-header-wrapper g-align-center svelte-1be4jjt"><div class="g-header-container g-theme-news g-align-center g-style-bolditalic svelte-1jq90wr" style="--g-header-text-wrap:balance"><header class="g-header svelte-1jq90wr">  <div class="g-heading-wrapper svelte-1jq90wr"><h1 class="g-heading svelte-1gde4oi">A Half Dozen Trump Officials Hold More Than One Big Job</h1></div>   <div class="g-byline-wrapper svelte-1jq90wr"><p class="g-byline svelte-10de1fz"><span class="g-byline-prefix">By</span> <span class="svelte-10de1fz" itemprop="name"><a class="svelte-gsgsxm" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/tim-balk">Tim Balk</a></span> and <span class="svelte-10de1fz g-last-byline" itemprop="name"><a class="svelte-gsgsxm" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/ashley-cai">Ashley Cai</a></span> </p> <span class="g-timestamp-wrapper"><time class="g-interactive-timestamp svelte-1xfuih8" datetime="2025-07-11T13:49:06-04:00">July 11, 2025</time></span></div>   <div class="g-sharetools svelte-1jq90wr"><div class="g-sharetools-wrapper svelte-1czjxe4 g-align-center"><span class="svelte-1czjxe4" data-disable="" data-place-component="sharetools" data-render-hash="h--b031da0" data-theme="light-filled"><div class="css-1sm67ns"><div aria-label="Social Media Share buttons, Save button, and Comments Panel with current comment count" class="css-yomkvi" data-testid="share-tools" role="toolbar"><div></div><div class="interactive-sharetools css-pz4gob" data-testid="share-tools-menu"><ul class="css-16g9egj" data-testid="share-tools-list"><li class="css-7ik72"><div class="css-vxcmzt"><div class="css-79elbk"><button aria-expanded="false" aria-label="" class="css-1eeh360 actionbar-button" data-testid="gift-article-button" type="button"><span class="css-10d8k1f"><svg aria-hidden="true" height="19" viewbox="0 0 19 19" width="19"><path d="M18.04 5.293h-2.725c.286-.34.493-.74.606-1.17a2.875 2.875 0 0 0-.333-2.322A2.906 2.906 0 0 0 13.64.48a3.31 3.31 0 0 0-2.372.464 3.775 3.775 0 0 0-1.534 2.483l-.141.797-.142-.847A3.745 3.745 0 0 0 7.927.923 3.31 3.31 0 0 0 5.555.459 2.907 2.907 0 0 0 3.607 1.78a2.877 2.877 0 0 0-.333 2.321c.117.429.324.828.606 1.171H1.155a.767.767 0 0 0-.757.757v3.674a.767.767 0 0 0 .757.757h.424v7.53A1.01 1.01 0 0 0 2.588 19h14.13a1.01 1.01 0 0 0 1.01-.959v-7.56h.424a.758.758 0 0 0 .757-.757V6.05a.759.759 0 0 0-.868-.757Zm-7.196-1.625a2.665 2.665 0 0 1 1.01-1.736 2.24 2.24 0 0 1 1.574-.313 1.817 1.817 0 0 1 1.211.818 1.857 1.857 0 0 1 .202 1.453 2.2 2.2 0 0 1-.838 1.191h-3.431l.272-1.413ZM4.576 2.386a1.837 1.837 0 0 1 1.221-.817 2.23 2.23 0 0 1 1.565.313 2.624 2.624 0 0 1 1.01 1.736l.242 1.453H5.182a2.2 2.2 0 0 1-.838-1.19 1.857 1.857 0 0 1 .202-1.495h.03ZM1.548 6.424h7.54V9.39h-7.58l.04-2.967Zm1.181 4.128h6.359v7.287H2.729v-7.287Zm13.777 7.287h-6.348v-7.307h6.348v7.307Zm1.181-8.468h-7.53V6.404h7.53V9.37Z" fill="#121212" fill-rule="nonzero"></path></svg>Share full article</span></button></div></div></li><li class="css-geqd72"><div class="css-vxcmzt"><div class="css-79elbk"><button aria-expanded="false" aria-label="More sharing options ..." class="css-1nurhyi actionbar-button" type="button"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="css-zd9juy" height="18" viewbox="0 0 23 18" width="23"><path d="M1.357 17.192a.663.663 0 0 1-.642-.81c1.82-7.955 6.197-12.068 12.331-11.68V1.127a.779.779 0 0 1 .42-.653.726.726 0 0 1 .78.106l8.195 6.986a.81.81 0 0 1 .253.557.82.82 0 0 1-.263.547l-8.196 6.955a.83.83 0 0 1-.779.105.747.747 0 0 1-.42-.663V11.29c-8.418-.905-10.974 5.177-11.08 5.45a.662.662 0 0 1-.6.453Zm10.048-7.26a16.37 16.37 0 0 1 2.314.158.81.81 0 0 1 .642.726v3.02l6.702-5.682-6.702-5.692v2.883a.767.767 0 0 1-.242.536.747.747 0 0 1-.547.18c-4.808-.537-8.364 1.85-10.448 6.922a11.679 11.679 0 0 1 8.28-3.093v.042Z" fill="#000000" fill-rule="nonzero"></path></svg></button></div></div></li><li class="css-geqd72 save-button"><button aria-busy="false" aria-checked="false" aria-label="Save article for reading later..." aria-live="polite" class="css-1yhvmgx actionbar-button" data-testid="save-article-button" disabled="" role="switch" type="button"><svg class="css-eap6fy" height="18" viewbox="0 0 12 18" width="12"><g fill-rule="nonzero"><path class="saved-fill" d="M1.157 1.268v14.288l4.96-3.813 4.753 3.843V1.268z"></path><path class="saved-stroke" d="m12 18-5.9-4.756L0 17.98V1.014C0 .745.095.487.265.297.435.107.664 0 .904 0h10.192c.24 0 .47.107.64.297.169.19.264.448.264.717V18ZM1.157 1.268v14.288l4.96-3.813 4.753 3.843V1.268H1.158Z"></path></g></svg></button></li></ul></div></div></div></span></div></div></header></div></div><p class="g-text svelte-wbgwfj">One administration official is leading a government-run cultural institution in Washington as he conducts diplomatic talks with foreign countries. Another is in charge of two agencies, each with multibillion-dollar budgets and thousands of employees. And one Cabinet member is leading three agencies while also serving in a powerful role at the White House.</p><p class="g-text svelte-wbgwfj">As President Trump dismantles parts of the government, remakes institutions and takes on perceived enemies and those who disappoint him, he is frequently putting top administration officials in charge of multiple federal agencies and offices — an approach that has little precedent.</p><div class="g-subhed-wrapper g-theme-news svelte-aeqe39"><h2 class="g-subhed svelte-aeqe39">Agencies and organizations where Trump officials are doing double duty</h2></div><div class="aggregate-wrapper svelte-b7teeb"><div class="title svelte-b7teeb"></div> <div class="all-list-wrapper svelte-b7teeb"><div class="list-wrapper svelte-b7teeb"><div class="list-top-wrapper"><div class="list-name svelte-b7teeb">Targeted for change</div> <div class="list-description svelte-b7teeb">Organizations Mr. Trump has clashed with or has sought to pull in line with his political agenda.</div></div> <div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>National Archives</div><div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</div><div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>Office of Special Counsel</div><div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>Office of Government Ethics</div><div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives</div><div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>Library of Congress</div></div>  <div class="list-wrapper svelte-b7teeb"><div class="list-top-wrapper"><div class="list-name svelte-b7teeb">Targeted for dismantlement</div> <div class="list-description svelte-b7teeb">Administration aims to eliminate or cut most staff.</div></div> <div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>U.S. Agency for International Development</div><div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</div></div>  <div class="list-right list-wrapper svelte-b7teeb"><div class="list-top-wrapper"><div class="list-name svelte-b7teeb">Replacement picks</div> <div class="list-description svelte-b7teeb">Mr. Trump rescinded his NASA nominee and reassigned his national security adviser.</div></div> <div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>National security adviser</div><div class="list-item svelte-b7teeb"><span class="bullet-point svelte-b7teeb">•</span>NASA</div></div></div></div><div class="g-subhed-wrapper g-theme-news svelte-aeqe39"><h2 class="g-subhed svelte-aeqe39">Cabinet-level officials with more than one job</h2></div><div class="double-job-person svelte-1mdodvu" id="rubio"><div class="card-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name-job-img-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="img svelte-1mdodvu" style="--bg: url(https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q/CjkKsl4wKX2dC4NiZL0nAGvAXgc/_assets/rubio.png);"></div> <div class="name-job-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name svelte-1mdodvu">Marco Rubio</div></div></div> <div class="jobs-table svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="jobs-table-col svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="secondary-job-row first-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">1</div> <div class="primary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Secretary of state</div></div> <div class="secondary-job-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">2</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Acting U.S.A.I.D. administrator</div></div><div class="secondary-job-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">3</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Acting national archivist</div></div><div class="secondary-job-row last-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">4</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Acting national security adviser</div></div></div></div></div> <p class="g-text svelte-1mdodvu"><p>At the top of the list is Mr. Rubio, a former senator from Florida, who <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/marco-rubio-national-security-secretary-state.html">currently holds four jobs</a>. The reasons for the expansion of Mr. Rubio’s portfolio have varied: He took over the aid agency as part of Mr. Trump’s efforts to dismantle it; became the chief national security adviser when Michael Waltz was reassigned to be U.N. ambassador after the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/war-plans-signal-chat-what-to-know.html">Signal scandal</a>; and took over as archivist after Mr. Trump <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-fires-the-nations-archivist-in-latest-round-of-personnel-purge.html">pushed out the agency’s administrator</a>.</p><br/><p>The National Archives drew Mr. Trump’s ire for flagging his potential mishandling of classified materials, though the administrator he ousted was not at the archives when it raised the issue in 2022.</p> <br/> Mr. Rubio’s status is remarkable. Few cabinet officials in U.S. history have amassed so much power in so many areas, although Henry Kissinger was secretary of state and national security adviser in the Nixon and Ford administrations.</p></div><div class="double-job-person svelte-1mdodvu" id="greer"><div class="card-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name-job-img-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="img svelte-1mdodvu" style="--bg: url(https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q/CjkKsl4wKX2dC4NiZL0nAGvAXgc/_assets/greer.png);"></div> <div class="name-job-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name svelte-1mdodvu">Jamieson Greer</div></div></div> <div class="jobs-table svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="jobs-table-col svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="secondary-job-row first-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">1</div> <div class="primary-job svelte-1mdodvu">U.S. trade representative</div></div> <div class="secondary-job-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">2</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Acting director of the Office of Special Counsel</div></div><div class="secondary-job-row last-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">3</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Acting director of the Office of Government Ethics</div></div></div></div></div> <p class="g-text svelte-1mdodvu"><p>Next up is Mr. Greer, the only other cabinet official who juggles more than one additional job. A lawyer and Air Force veteran who served in Iraq, Mr. Greer’s main job is that of the president’s top trade negotiator, which has included overseeing a zigzagging trade policy that has roiled financial markets.</p><br/><p>But Mr. Greer is also serving as the acting leader of two anticorruption watchdog agencies: the Office of Special Counsel and the Office of Government Ethics. Both agencies irritated Mr. Trump during his first term, with the Office of Special Counsel <a href="https://osc.gov/Documents/Hatch%20Act/Reports/Report%20of%20Prohibited%20Political%20Activity,%20Kellyanne%20Conway%20(HA-19-0631%20&%20HA-19-3395).pdf">urging him to fire</a> one of his top advisers, Kellyanne Conway, and the Office of Government Ethics <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-cabinet-nominations.html">holding up</a> the confirmation of some of his nominees. </p> <br/> <p>Initially, Mr. Trump named Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to those roles, but then Mr. Greer took over. However, it is possible he will be leaving one of those posts soon. Mr. Trump has nominated Paul Ingrassia, a former podcast host, to lead the Office of Special Counsel.</p></p></div><div class="double-job-person svelte-1mdodvu" id="duffy"><div class="card-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name-job-img-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="img svelte-1mdodvu" style="--bg: url(https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q/CjkKsl4wKX2dC4NiZL0nAGvAXgc/_assets/duffy.png);"></div> <div class="name-job-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name svelte-1mdodvu">Sean Duffy</div></div></div> <div class="jobs-table svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="jobs-table-col svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="secondary-job-row first-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">1</div> <div class="primary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Transportation secretary</div></div> <div class="secondary-job-row last-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">2</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Interim administrator of NASA</div></div></div></div></div> <p class="g-text svelte-1mdodvu"><p>Mr. Duffy, a former Wisconsin congressman, lobbyist and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/us/politics/sean-duffy-reality-television.html">reality star on MTV</a>, is the latest Trump administration member to be appointed to a second job. The transportation secretary was already dealing with a number of crises at the Federal Aviation Administration, including <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/dca-helicopter-crash-audits.html">a fatal crash</a> in January.</p><br/><p>But amid the busy summer travel season, Mr. Trump has also <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/trump-nasa-sean-duffy.html">added the stewardship of NASA</a> to Mr. Duffy’s responsibilities after turning away from his Elon Musk-backed pick to lead the agency, Jared Isaacman.</p></p></div><div class="double-job-person svelte-1mdodvu" id="vought"><div class="card-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name-job-img-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="img svelte-1mdodvu" style="--bg: url(https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q/CjkKsl4wKX2dC4NiZL0nAGvAXgc/_assets/vought.png);"></div> <div class="name-job-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name svelte-1mdodvu">Russell T. Vought</div></div></div> <div class="jobs-table svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="jobs-table-col svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="secondary-job-row first-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">1</div> <div class="primary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Director of the Office of Management and Budget</div></div> <div class="secondary-job-row last-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">2</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</div></div></div></div></div> <p class="g-text svelte-1mdodvu"><p>Mr. Vought, an architect of the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for government, was a contentious if unsurprising addition to Mr. Trump’s cabinet and holds the same position he did in Mr. Trump’s first term.</p><br/><p>A skeptic of government spending and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/business/russell-vought-budget-office-confirmation-hearing.html">self-described Christian nationalist</a>, Mr. Vought was also installed at the consumer bureau in February by Mr. Trump, as his administration pushed to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/vought-cfpb-musk-trump.html">dismantle the watchdog agency</a>. Court orders have stopped the government from fully gutting the agency, for now.</p></p></div><div class="g-subhed-wrapper g-theme-news svelte-aeqe39"><h2 class="g-subhed svelte-aeqe39">Dual roles beyond the cabinet</h2></div><div class="double-job-person svelte-1mdodvu" id="driscoll"><div class="card-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name-job-img-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="img svelte-1mdodvu" style="--bg: url(https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q/CjkKsl4wKX2dC4NiZL0nAGvAXgc/_assets/driscoll.png);"></div> <div class="name-job-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name svelte-1mdodvu">Daniel Driscoll</div></div></div> <div class="jobs-table svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="jobs-table-col svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="secondary-job-row first-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">1</div> <div class="primary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Army secretary</div></div> <div class="secondary-job-row last-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">2</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Interim head of the A.T.F.</div></div></div></div></div> <p class="g-text svelte-1mdodvu"><p>Mr. Driscoll, a decorated veteran who led a platoon at Fort Drum and served in Iraq, seems a natural fit as the secretary of the Army, overseeing about a million soldiers. But in April he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/trump-atf.html">got a second assignment</a> that didn’t quite suit his résumé: interim head of the embattled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a small gun-safety agency that Republicans have long worked to kneecap. Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, was initially tapped for the role, but Mr. Driscoll, a friend of Vice President JD Vance, soon took over.</p> <br/> The A.T.F. has long been a revolving door for acting directors, and the current lack of leadership comes after President Biden’s Senate-confirmed director preemptively resigned in January as the agency braced for Mr. Trump’s return. The Trump administration has said the A.T.F. was “<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-is-protecting-americans-second-amendment-rights/">weaponized</a>” against gun owners under Mr. Biden.</p></div><div class="double-job-person svelte-1mdodvu" id="grenell"><div class="card-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name-job-img-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="img svelte-1mdodvu" style="--bg: url(https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q/CjkKsl4wKX2dC4NiZL0nAGvAXgc/_assets/grenell.png);"></div> <div class="name-job-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name svelte-1mdodvu">Richard Grenell</div></div></div> <div class="jobs-table svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="jobs-table-col svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="secondary-job-row first-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">1</div> <div class="primary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Envoy for special missions</div></div> <div class="secondary-job-row last-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">2</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Interim president of the Kennedy Center</div></div></div></div></div> <p class="g-text svelte-1mdodvu"><p>Mr. Grenell, a former U.S. ambassador to Germany and one of Mr. Trump’s <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/us/politics/grenell-trump-cabinet.html">most dependable loyalists</a>, has a newly created role in the administration: envoy for special missions, which focuses on thorny diplomatic issues. But the assignment has not always gone smoothly: In talks with Venezuela, he appeared to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/americas/trump-venezuelan-migrants-us-prisoner-swap.html">undercut negotiations</a> Mr. Rubio was pursuing to swap Venezuelans held in El Salvador for American prisoners.</p><br/><p> It’s not the only job Mr. Trump has carved out for Mr. Grenell. After the president <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-kennedy-center.html">took control</a> of the Kennedy Center in February, moving to purge its once bipartisan board and install himself as chairman, he named Mr. Grenell as the cultural center’s interim leader. The center appears to be keeping Mr. Grenell busy. He has been forced to defend his leadership as ticket sales have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/arts/music/kennedy-center-ticket-sales-subscriptions.html">slumped</a>, workers have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/arts/music/kennedy-center-employees-unionizing.html">pushed</a> to unionize, and five Democratic senators held a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/arts/music/kennedy-center-pride-concert.html">concert there</a> in protest.</p></p></div><div class="double-job-person svelte-1mdodvu" id="blanche"><div class="card-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name-job-img-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="img svelte-1mdodvu" style="--bg: url(https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q/CjkKsl4wKX2dC4NiZL0nAGvAXgc/_assets/blanche.png);"></div> <div class="name-job-wrapper svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="name svelte-1mdodvu">Todd Blanche</div></div></div> <div class="jobs-table svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="jobs-table-col svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="secondary-job-row first-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">1</div> <div class="primary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Deputy attorney general</div></div> <div class="secondary-job-row last-row svelte-1mdodvu"><div class="job-index svelte-1mdodvu">2</div> <div class="secondary-job svelte-1mdodvu">Acting librarian of Congress, but not recognized by institution</div></div></div></div></div> <p class="g-text svelte-1mdodvu"><p>Mr. Blanche, a former federal prosecutor, was Mr. Trump’s lead lawyer in his criminal trial in 2024 in Manhattan. Mr. Trump was found guilty of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal, but the pugnacious Mr. Blanche won the once and future president’s trust, and when Mr. Trump returned to office, he installed Mr. Blanche as deputy attorney general.</p><br/><p> Mr. Blanche, the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, claimed a second job in May, after the Trump administration <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/us/politics/trump-librarian-congress-carla-hayden.html">fired the first African American librarian of Congress</a>, citing “concerning things” it said she had done “in the pursuit of D.E.I.”</p><br/> The White House claimed Mr. Blanche was the new acting director of the library, but staff members pushed back, and Mr. Blanche has yet to take an active role in the leadership of the institution.</p></div>  <cript> { __sveltekit_1iw0ceo = { base: new URL(".", location).pathname.slice(0, -1) }; const element = document.currentScript.parentElement.dataset.birdkitHydrate ? document.currentScript.parentElement : document.querySelector('[data-birdkit-hydrate="b0391794d811e8ab"]'); Promise.all([ import("https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q/_app/immutable/entry/start.BcbSdkAp.js"), import("https://static01.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/bk-GfFHs0vcIBOH0Q/_app/immutable/entry/app.DjbvUpJc.js") ]).then(([kit, app]) => { kit.start(app, element, { node_ids: [0, 2], data: [null,{"type":"data","data":{body:[{type:"header",value:{sharetools:{show:true,theme:"light-filled",position:"belowByline"},style:"bolditalic",align:"center",textWrap:"balance",headline:"A Half Dozen Trump Officials Hold More Than One Big Job",leadin:"",bylines:[{creatorSnapshots:[{bioUrl:"https://www.nytimes.com/by/tim-balk",displayName:"Tim Balk",slug:"tim-balk"},{bioUrl:"https://www.nytimes.com/by/ashley-cai",displayName:"Ashley Cai",slug:"ashley-cai"}],prefix:"By"}],slugs:["by/tim-balk","by/ashley-cai"],firstPublished:"July 11, 2025",firstPublishedTimestamp:"2025-07-11T13:49:06-04:00",lastModified:"July 11, 2025",lastModifiedTimestamp:"2025-07-11T14:16:11-04:00",updatedText:"",language:"en",translations:[],hideBylineAndTimestamp:void 0,transparentMasthead:false}},{type:"text",value:"One administration official is leading a government-run cultural institution in Washington as he conducts diplomatic talks with foreign countries. Another is in charge of two agencies, each with multibillion-dollar budgets and thousands of employees. And one Cabinet member is leading three agencies while also serving in a powerful role at the White House."},{type:"text",value:"As President Trump dismantles parts of the government, remakes institutions and takes on perceived enemies and those who disappoint him, he is frequently putting top administration officials in charge of multiple federal agencies and offices — an approach that has little precedent."},{type:"subhed",value:"Agencies and organizations where Trump officials are doing double duty"},{type:"aggregate",value:{title:"",list1Name:"Targeted for change",list1Description:"Organizations Mr. Trump has clashed with or has sought to pull in line with his political agenda.",list1Items:["National Archives","John F. 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TRUMP CLASHED","REPLACED"],description:"\u003Cp>At the top of the list is Mr. Rubio, a former senator from Florida, who \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/marco-rubio-national-security-secretary-state.html\">currently holds four jobs\u003C/a>. The reasons for the expansion of Mr. Rubio’s portfolio have varied: He took over the aid agency as part of Mr. Trump’s efforts to dismantle it; became the chief national security adviser when Michael Waltz was reassigned to be U.N. ambassador after the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/article/war-plans-signal-chat-what-to-know.html\">Signal scandal\u003C/a>; and took over as archivist after Mr. Trump \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-fires-the-nations-archivist-in-latest-round-of-personnel-purge.html\">pushed out the agency’s administrator\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\u003Cbr>\u003Cp>The National Archives drew Mr. Trump’s ire for flagging his potential mishandling of classified materials, though the administrator he ousted was not at the archives when it raised the issue in 2022.\u003C/p> \u003Cbr> Mr. Rubio’s status is remarkable. Few cabinet officials in U.S. history have amassed so much power in so many areas, although Henry Kissinger was secretary of state and national security adviser in the Nixon and Ford administrations."}},{type:"person",value:{slug:"greer",name:"Jamieson Greer",mainjob:"U.S. trade representative",secondaryjobs:["Acting director of the Office of Special Counsel","Acting director of the Office of Government Ethics"],secondaryjobtags:["MR. TRUMP CLASHED","MR. TRUMP CLASHED"],description:"\u003Cp>Next up is Mr. Greer, the only other cabinet official who juggles more than one additional job. A lawyer and Air Force veteran who served in Iraq, Mr. Greer’s main job is that of the president’s top trade negotiator, which has included overseeing a zigzagging trade policy that has roiled financial markets.\u003C/p>\u003Cbr>\u003Cp>But Mr. Greer is also serving as the acting leader of two anticorruption watchdog agencies: the Office of Special Counsel and the Office of Government Ethics. Both agencies irritated Mr. Trump during his first term, with the Office of Special Counsel \u003Ca href=\"https://osc.gov/Documents/Hatch%20Act/Reports/Report%20of%20Prohibited%20Political%20Activity,%20Kellyanne%20Conway%20(HA-19-0631%20&%20HA-19-3395).pdf\">urging him to fire\u003C/a> one of his top advisers, Kellyanne Conway, and the Office of Government Ethics \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-cabinet-nominations.html\">holding up\u003C/a> the confirmation of some of his nominees. \u003C/p> \u003Cbr> \u003Cp>Initially, Mr. Trump named Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to those roles, but then Mr. Greer took over. However, it is possible he will be leaving one of those posts soon. Mr. Trump has nominated Paul Ingrassia, a former podcast host, to lead the Office of Special Counsel."}},{type:"person",value:{slug:"duffy",name:"Sean Duffy",mainjob:"Transportation secretary",secondaryjobs:["Interim administrator of NASA"],secondaryjobtags:["REPLACED"],description:"\u003Cp>Mr. Duffy, a former Wisconsin congressman, lobbyist and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/us/politics/sean-duffy-reality-television.html\">reality star on MTV\u003C/a>, is the latest Trump administration member to be appointed to a second job. The transportation secretary was already dealing with a number of crises at the Federal Aviation Administration, including \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/dca-helicopter-crash-audits.html\">a fatal crash\u003C/a> in January.\u003C/p>\u003Cbr>\u003Cp>But amid the busy summer travel season, Mr. Trump has also \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/trump-nasa-sean-duffy.html\">added the stewardship of NASA\u003C/a> to Mr. Duffy’s responsibilities after turning away from his Elon Musk-backed pick to lead the agency, Jared Isaacman.\u003C/p>"}},{type:"person",value:{slug:"vought",name:"Russell T. Vought",mainjob:"Director of the Office of Management and Budget",secondaryjobs:["Acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau"],secondaryjobtags:["DISMANTLED"],description:"\u003Cp>Mr. Vought, an architect of the conservative Project 2025 blueprint for government, was a contentious if unsurprising addition to Mr. Trump’s cabinet and holds the same position he did in Mr. Trump’s first term.\u003C/p>\u003Cbr>\u003Cp>A skeptic of government spending and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/business/russell-vought-budget-office-confirmation-hearing.html\">self-described Christian nationalist\u003C/a>, Mr. Vought was also installed at the consumer bureau in February by Mr. Trump, as his administration pushed to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/business/vought-cfpb-musk-trump.html\">dismantle the watchdog agency\u003C/a>. Court orders have stopped the government from fully gutting the agency, for now.\u003C/p>"}},{type:"subhed",value:"Dual roles beyond the cabinet"},{type:"person",value:{slug:"driscoll",name:"Daniel Driscoll",mainjob:"Army secretary",secondaryjobs:["Interim head of the A.T.F."],secondaryjobtags:["CULTURE"],description:"\u003Cp>Mr. Driscoll, a decorated veteran who led a platoon at Fort Drum and served in Iraq, seems a natural fit as the secretary of the Army, overseeing about a million soldiers. But in April he \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/trump-atf.html\">got a second assignment\u003C/a> that didn’t quite suit his résumé: interim head of the embattled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a small gun-safety agency that Republicans have long worked to kneecap. Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, was initially tapped for the role, but Mr. Driscoll, a friend of Vice President JD Vance, soon took over.\u003C/p> \u003Cbr> The A.T.F. has long been a revolving door for acting directors, and the current lack of leadership comes after President Biden’s Senate-confirmed director preemptively resigned in January as the agency braced for Mr. Trump’s return. The Trump administration has said the A.T.F. was “\u003Ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-is-protecting-americans-second-amendment-rights/\">weaponized\u003C/a>” against gun owners under Mr. Biden."}},{type:"person",value:{slug:"grenell",name:"Richard Grenell",mainjob:"Envoy for special missions",secondaryjobs:["Interim president of the Kennedy Center"],secondaryjobtags:["CULTURE"],description:"\u003Cp>Mr. Grenell, a former U.S. ambassador to Germany and one of Mr. Trump’s \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/us/politics/grenell-trump-cabinet.html\">most dependable loyalists\u003C/a>, has a newly created role in the administration: envoy for special missions, which focuses on thorny diplomatic issues. 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