Trump taps his most trusted officials to do as many as four jobs — at the same time

Trump has taken some Cabinet members and senior administration officials and layered on additional work that calls for wholly different sets of skills.

WASHINGTON — Jamieson Greer has a big job — three of them, actually.

As U.S. trade representative, Greer has been flying around the world at Donald Trump’s behest, negotiating with countries over the tariffs that the president imposed.

On top of that, he is the government’s official watchdog. The White House has appointed Greer both acting director of the Office of Government Ethics and acting head of the Office of Special Counsel.

Cutting trade deals to Trump’s liking is one thing. Holding the Trump administration accountable for ethical lapses is something different. The missions would seem incompatible. Yet Greer’s hybrid role isn’t so much an anomaly in Trump’s second term as a norm.

Trump has taken some Cabinet members and senior administration officials and layered on additional work that calls for wholly different sets of skills.