In Three Months, Trump’s Cabinet Has Lost Four Women

Key Points:

• Four women have left President Donald Trump’s second Cabinet in recent months, including former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, former Attorney General Pam Bondi, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and Chief Intelligence Official Tulsi Gabbard.
• Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman turned MAGA coalition member and the only Pacific Islander in Trump’s Cabinet, resigned to care for her husband diagnosed with brain cancer amid scrutiny over her stance on the U.S. war in Iran.
• Trump’s second-term Cabinet was slightly more gender-diverse than his first, with women initially making up 37 percent of the Cabinet, but only 17 percent of nominees were non-White, lagging behind the diversity of Joe Biden’s Cabinet.
• Each of the departing women faced public criticism: Noem for aggressive immigration enforcement, Bondi for DOJ’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein files, and Chavez-DeRemer amid scandals and an internal misconduct investigation involving allegations of fraud and a toxic work environment.
• Remaining women in Trump’s Cabinet include Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, and Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler, while other high-ranking officials like FBI Director Kash Patel and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick face job uncertainty.