Half of Trump's women cabinet officials have left, all replaced by men
Half of the eight women in US President Donald Trump's cabinet have resigned or been fired in his second term, and all were replaced by men. Several senior men who faced intense scrutiny have kept their posts.
Half of the eight women serving in US President Donald Trump's cabinet during his second term have resigned or been fired within a few months, and every one has been replaced by a man, The Guardian reports. Meanwhile, several senior men who faced heavy criticism and calls to quit have stayed in their jobs. Democrats have pointed to this as a double standard.
On Friday, Trump had to deny reports that he was considering replacing Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff and the first woman to hold that job. He said she would be there "for a long time".
Who has gone
The most recent departure was White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, fired on Friday, five days into the role. Her first press briefing was widely panned, and questions arose over her legal credentials after she admitted she had not passed the bar exam. She had succeeded Karoline Leavitt, who said in August she was resigning after 20 months to spend more time with her young family.
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary and the public face of the mass deportation campaign, was sacked on 5 March. Her tenure was marked by controversy, including immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis that killed two US citizens. At a congressional hearing she suggested Trump had known about a $220m advertising contract. Markwayne Mullin succeeded her.
Attorney general Pam Bondi was pushed out in April after 14 months, with the president frustrated over her handling of the Justice Department's release of the Epstein files. Her deputy, Todd Blanche, took over in August. Labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer stepped down in April after an inspector general investigation into alleged misconduct; Keith Sonderling replaced her. National intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard resigned in May, officially citing her husband's cancer diagnosis, and was succeeded by Jay Clayton.
This week, Kimberly Guilfoyle was asked to step down as US ambassador to Greece after reports that she sought payment from a Trump donor in exchange for access to administration officials.
By contrast, defense secretary Pete Hegseth and FBI director Kash Patel, both subject to repeated resignation calls, remain in post.
