Six months into Trump’s presidency, fewer than half of his nominees to political positions have been confirmed by the GOP-controlled Senate.

This is a scandal.

What kind of a business could operate profitably if a new CEO had fewer than half the company’s managers on the job?

Trump is right to demand a vote on every pending nominee before Senators leave town for their month-long August recess. If they can’t manage that, they should stay in Washington until they are do their job.

The Washington Examiner reminds us that “Senate Democrats unilaterally changed Senate rules in 2013, so only 50 votes are now needed to advance nominees through the Senate.”

Last time we checked, there were 53 Republicans. John Thune should announce no one gets out of Dodge before these votes are tallied.