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> The president actually has fairly little direct control. The TSA is executive branch. The president has all control. He tells the TSA to jump and it says "

> The president actually has fairly little direct control. The TSA is executive branch. The president has all control. He tells the TSA to jump and it says "how high." > The biggest thing he could do would be to get rid of the director, and I'm not even sure if he can do that directly, actually. All he'd have to to do is make a phone call. Appointing a replacement requires congressional confirmation, though.

nitrogen 16y ago
That's assuming the president in a given case (speaking generally) has any real power and wants to make the change. It's possible that a president is just a puppet beholden to the interests that got him elected, surrounded by staff who are loyal to those interests.