An Analysis of Trump’s Cabinet Meetings

NY Times Analysis Reveals A Startlingly Unusual Element Of Trump's Cabinet Meetings

This “flattery,” as The New York Times called it, is not what former presidents have heard in their Cabinet meetings.

Trump’s Cabinet flatter the president in 1 of every 6 sentences, analysis finds

Cabinet members use televised meetings to praise Trump, bash his political opponents or assert Trump deserves credit

Trump’s Cabinet Has Entered Full Suck-Up Mode

President Trump’s Cabinet meetings have always had a distinct “grown adults competing to flatter Trump quality,”  but a new analysis shows that this ritual has grown even more deranged than we suspected.  According to a New York Times review of more than a dozen hours of Trump Cabinet meeting footage, about one in every six sentences spoken in these meetings either praised Trump, credited Trump with some sweeping achievement, or attacked his pol…

Video evidence proves it: This is Trump's biggest Cabinet 'bootlicker'

President Donald Trump's Cabinet meetings have become somewhat infamous for the various secretaries sucking up to him in any way they can think of, but now, an exhaustive analysis of video footage by the New York Times has confirmed the biggest kiss-up of the group.In a new report this week, the Times broke down trends apparent across all of Trump's second-term Cabinet meetings. Based on roughly 12 hours of examined footage, the outlet explained…

The Dumpster Fire of the Vanities

Busy day, so brief postOn Memorial Day the New York Times published an article with the headline “Trump is the only person who can save America, according to his cabinet.” The article offered a quantitative analysis of senior-official sycophancy. As the article notes, Donald Trump likes to hold long, televised cabinet meetings. In these meetings, according to the Times,On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered Mr. Trump, g…

Cabinet Devotes 1 Out of Every 6 Sentences Sucking Up to Trump, Wild NY Times Analysis Reveals

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) President Donald Trump’s second-term Cabinet meetings have become marathon televised displays of loyalty, with aides spending at least one out of every six sentences praising him, according to a sweeping New York Times analysis. The Times reviewed more than a dozen hours of footage spanning 10 Cabinet meetings between February 2025 and March 2026 and found the administration’s rhetoric had shifted dramatically from Trump’…