President-elect Trump’s rollout of his Cabinet and administration nominees, coupled with the transition team’s lack of vetting, is creating unwanted headaches for Senate Republicans.

Trump has been rolling out appointments and nominees at a breakneck pace as he seeks to stock his administration with loyalists, from Kash Patel at the FBI and Pam Bondi as attorney general, to Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon, Robert F. Kennedy and Health and Human Services and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) as director of national intelligence.

But that swiftness has also brought pitfalls. A pair of nominees have already withdrawn in the early weeks — and Hegseth could follow suit as he struggles to win the requisite support in the upper chamber.

Although Senate Republicans are pleased with much of the swift action and many of Trump’s choices so far, they concede the lack of vetting and rapid nature of the push is creating sore spots they would prefer to avoid, especially with confirmation hearings and votes on deck in short order.

“It’s got upsides and downsides, no question about it,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). “It's not ideal, but it is Donald Trump. It just is Donald Trump, and he'll always perplex us with the different way he does things.”

“I’ve just grown to love it and go with it,” Cramer added.

With his victory in the rearview mirror, Trump wasted no time in........

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