From The HILL...
Trump’s first year in office
was the year of the woman
BY JEN KERNS
It is a feat so great
that President Barack Obama was unable to accomplish it.
President George W. Bush did better than his republican predecessors, but still fell a bit short.
Even President Bill Clinton came under fire from women’s organizations for his shortcomings on delivering a cabinet that “looks like America.”
The unattainable feat?
Despite impressive hiring practices during his first year in the White House, President Donald Trump has received little to no credit for his choice of women for the most senior positions on his cabinet, as well as the West Wing.
The answer is because Trump is a republican. It’s accurate to state that he is just not their guy.
Trump’s list of female appointees is long:
Nikki Haley, Ambassador to the United Nations (not only a woman but also child of Indian American Sikh immigrants); Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation; Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Dr. Heather Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force; Sarah Sanders, White House Press Secretary; Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President; Linda McMahon, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration; Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education; Jovita Carranza, U.S. Treasurer (also a minority and first-generation Mexican American immigrant); Neomi Rao, Regulation Czar (also a minority and daughter of parents from India); Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (also a minority); Heather Brand, Associate Attorney General; Kelly Sadler, Director of Surrogate & Coalitions Outreach; Mercedes Schlapp, Senior Communications Advisor (also a minority whose father was once a political prisoner of Fidel Castro); Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the President; Hope Hicks, Communications Director; Jessica Ditto, Deputy Director of Communications; and Dina Powell, Deputy National Security Adviser.
Regardless of what one thinks of Trump the man, there is no denying the numbers of women he has placed in power in the West Wing.
As we commemorate the one-year anniversary of his inauguration this week, I predict that
history will eventually reveal the complete story – that Trump’s actions are not only a small step for a male republican president but a giant leap for all of womankind, regardless of political party.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/369112-trumps-first-year-in-office-was-the-year-of-the-woman
was the year of the woman
BY JEN KERNS
It is a feat so great
that President Barack Obama was unable to accomplish it.
President George W. Bush did better than his republican predecessors, but still fell a bit short.
Even President Bill Clinton came under fire from women’s organizations for his shortcomings on delivering a cabinet that “looks like America.”
The unattainable feat?
Hiring an astounding number of women for senior-level positions in the White House.
Luckily for women everywhere, in 2018 it has finally been accomplished.
Despite impressive hiring practices during his first year in the White House, President Donald Trump has received little to no credit for his choice of women for the most senior positions on his cabinet, as well as the West Wing.
One of the greatest successes of Trump’s first year in office has been the empowerment of women.
So, why have the mainstream media given him no credit? Why haven’t the glossy magazines – who pride themselves on empowering women in the workplace — given him credit where credit is due? If Hillary Clinton were president, they would be touting her accomplishments.
The answer is because Trump is a republican. It’s accurate to state that he is just not their guy.
Trump’s list of female appointees is long:
Nikki Haley, Ambassador to the United Nations (not only a woman but also child of Indian American Sikh immigrants); Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation; Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Dr. Heather Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force; Sarah Sanders, White House Press Secretary; Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President; Linda McMahon, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration; Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education; Jovita Carranza, U.S. Treasurer (also a minority and first-generation Mexican American immigrant); Neomi Rao, Regulation Czar (also a minority and daughter of parents from India); Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (also a minority); Heather Brand, Associate Attorney General; Kelly Sadler, Director of Surrogate & Coalitions Outreach; Mercedes Schlapp, Senior Communications Advisor (also a minority whose father was once a political prisoner of Fidel Castro); Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the President; Hope Hicks, Communications Director; Jessica Ditto, Deputy Director of Communications; and Dina Powell, Deputy National Security Adviser.
If liberals today had any shred of intellectual honesty left among them,
they would admit that Trump’s placement of women in senior level positions is impressive
and establishes a precedent that helps their own daughters and granddaughters.
Unfortunately, the left will never admit it.they would admit that Trump’s placement of women in senior level positions is impressive
and establishes a precedent that helps their own daughters and granddaughters.
Regardless of what one thinks of Trump the man, there is no denying the numbers of women he has placed in power in the West Wing.
As we commemorate the one-year anniversary of his inauguration this week, I predict that
history will eventually reveal the complete story – that Trump’s actions are not only a small step for a male republican president but a giant leap for all of womankind, regardless of political party.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/369112-trumps-first-year-in-office-was-the-year-of-the-woman
