Newsweek's Foreign Service

Women in Trump's America

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Stacy Hilliard and Newsweek’s own Leah McGrath Goodman join regular host, Mirren Gidda and guest-host, Lucy Clarke-Billings, to ask why so many women voted for Trump. Donald Trump does not have the best record with women. During the presidential race, video footage emerged of Trump engaging in what he described as "locker room banter" with TV host Billy Bush in 2005. "Grab them by the pussy," he said. "You can do anything." His comments appalled millions of men and women across the U.S., but his words did not stop 42 percent of all women voters, and 52 percent of all white women voters casting their ballots for him. Trump's female supporters are now hoping that their candidate will quit it with the sexist comments and start representing their needs and policy concerns in Washington. So far, Trump has only appointed three women to his cabinet. Are American women going to be well-represented in the Trump administration? Does gender parity in a political cabinet matter? Newsweek's Foreign Service is...