US President-elect Donald Trump intends to use his control over the Republican Party to push through his Cabinet appointments – without the approval of the Senate, as is required under US law. Trump is trying to leverage the coveted Senate leadership role based on Republican senators’ willingness to let him do that. “Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!),” Trump wrote on social media platform X. But at the same time he demanded that “no Judges should be approved during this period of time be…