Opinion

The Power of the President to Hire and Fire

The Power of the President to Hire and Fire
President Donald Trump takes part in a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 10, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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What do average people believe about the day-to-day power of the president? Can he hire and fire people within the executive branch? Most people would say: Of course. How else can he do his job? If he could not freely do that, he and his staff would never really be in control of anything and therefore could not be held responsible by the voting public.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Author
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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