Trump swaps half his female cabinet for men

Alternet - Grabby President Donald Trump is no kind of feminist, but he likes to point to his hiring and promotion of women to silence criticism of both his misogynist policies and personal conduct. His White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is actually the first woman to have the job.

But the Guardian points out that during his second term, there is one common characteristic share by most of those he has jettisoned from his administration.

“In the space of just a few months, half of his eight female cabinet officials have either resigned or been fired. All have been replaced by men,” reports the Guardian. “Several other women in his administration have also departed, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.”

The women are fleeing so fast that on Friday, Trump was forced to deny claims that he was even mulling replacing Wiles. “She’s gonna be here for a long time,” he claimed.

Meanwhile, the Guardian reports that numerous top male officials, including Trump’s goof--prone defense secretary Pete Hegseth, who has endangered soldiers by sharing military developments and plans on Signal chat, and threatening to embarrass the nation by broadcasting the live feed of shooting a paraplegic in a wheelchair, remains in his post, as does the allegedly drunken and mouthy FBI director Kash Patel.