What are recess appointments? Can Trump use it to confirm Matt Gaetz and others?

US President-elect Donald Trump has announced several key positions in his new Cabinet. However, American law allows Trump to use recess appointments to bypass this process As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering a tool known as recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for even some of the most powerful positions in US government. Trump over the weekend demanded that Republican leaders in the Senate, who will hold a majority in the chamber next year, agree to allow recess appointments. While still president in 2020, Trump threatened to use recess appointments after Democrats had slowed the Senate from confirming his nominees. Republican Senator John Cornyn, who just days before suggested he may be open to allowing Trump to make recess appointments as he ran unsuccessfully for Senate leader, told reporters Thursday, “Obviously, I don’t think we should be circumventing the Senate’s responsibilities, but I think it’s premature to be talking about recess appointments right now.” Still, there are very few, if any, Republicans remaining who dare openly defy Trump.