President Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic this week bemoaning the slow pace of Senate confirmations and its impact on his agenda.

“I can’t appoint anybody. Everybody I’ve appointed has had their time expire. Then they’re in default, then we’re losing," he could be heard to say.

Trump has previously urged the Senate to abandon its blue slip tradition of allowing the senators from a nominee's state to unilateral veto any nomination, a suggestion that Republicans have rejected.

The hot mic comes in the wake of acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba stepping down after a court found her to be occupying the post illegally.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.