All the president’s women: a familiar downward trajectory in Trump’s cabinet

🔴 Why This Matters - Trump's cabinet purge reveals selective accountability, removing women while retaining men accused of misconduct.

Half of Trump’s female cabinet officials have been replaced by men, while men facing misconduct allegations remain Donald Trump is not, by any measure, a feminist. He has said so himself. But the president has often pointed to his hiring and promoting of women in an attempt to stave off criticism of both his policies and personal conduct over the years. During his second term, however, there is one common characteristic among most of those who have departed the Trump administration

Source: The Guardian

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