President's Cabinet

With the recent presidential election, we’ve all been worried about what one person is going to do for this country and how they’re going to make us better, but we never actually think about who is going to be helping him with these decisions. Actually the Constitution doesn’t even mention these roles specifically, but most presidents will choose to have some help by a few of their most-trusted advisers (Sidlow). Most people never actually give this any thought, but the president has a team behind him who helps with his decisions on certain topics his “cabinet.” The president carefully chooses members of his cabinet in order to assist with whatever department they have been appointed to. Each elected president must research and figure out who …show more content…
The president is not required to consult with his cabinet, but in recent years this has become a very common thing. When faced with tough decisions, the president can turn to his cabinet in order to get an opinion other than his own on the situation. There are now fourteen executive departments with secretaries in the cabinet, which is significantly more than the four original members. Presidents in office can also add additional members to their cabinet if they feel that they need more advisers in specific areas (Sidlow). Some of his most important members are his vice president, the Secretary of State, Treasury, and Defense. The president’s cabinet must succeed in order for the president himself to succeed.
The cabinet member that all of us are most familiar with would have to be the vice president. We see the vice president with the president is countless public appearances, but what are his roles in government? First, there are several roles that are written out in the constitution that every vice president will hold. The vice president’s main role is to be the president of the Senate. What this means is that he gets to be the tiebreaker, but does not get a vote unless the votes are equally divided. Also, in any type of