Commentary
WOODLAWN, Maryland—There is a pattern in the Trump administration that if you are very good at the first job you are appointed to, you are likely to get another one, something more challenging than the first.
President Donald Trump shakes the hand of Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Aug. 14, 2025. Alex Brandon/AP Photo
Salena Zito
Author
Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
