President Trump complained Thursday that Democrats were delaying approval of his nominations and discouraging “hopefully great” people from working in the government, as he pushed for the Senate to confirm secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo.

“Democrats are obstructing good (hopefully great) people wanting to give up a big portion of their life to work for our Government, hence, the American People. They are ‘slow walking’ all of my nominations – hundreds of people,” Trump tweeted. “At this rate it would take 9 years for all approvals!”