White House women, Mar-a-Lago "It" girls who have Trump's back
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Over the last several weeks, Donald Trump has been appointing his Cabinet and while historically speaking, it is usually a sea of men, Trump’s second administration is more diverse than his first.
Now that’s not an astounding feat given how low the bar typically is but in a world where the top Cabinet jobs tend to go to white men, Trump has doubled the number of women in high-level positions compared to his 2017 team.
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He has always aligned himself with attractive, stylish, smart women and fast-forward to 2025, nothing has changed on that front.
These are the latest women — some young and fresh, others established and savvy — on Team Trump, from those working in his administration to the ones merely in his camp.
Karoline Leavitt
At 27, Leavitt is the youngest White House press secretary in U.S. history. The two go way back (if you consider six years ago a long time ago) when she began working for the first Trump White House after graduating from a Catholic college in her home state of New Hampshire in 2019.
She clearly made her mark, serving as national press secretary of his 2024 presidential campaign, with Trump declaring her “smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective communicator.”
Sonny Nelson
Nelson, director of media for Trump’s 2024 campaign, sounds similar to Leavitt — blonde, pretty, religious, and devoted to her boss.
The 28-year-old joined Trump’s 2020 election campaign, rising through the ranks and often appeared as a panelist on Fox News.
Margo Martin
Like Hope Hicks — who shot up the ranks to go from a White House press assistant to becoming Trump’s top aide — Martin quickly became the president’s deputy director of communications after she remained loyal to him after he lost the 2020 election.
Heck, last year she was one of the few who accompanied him to court for the start of his hush money trial against Stormy Daniels.
And people can’t help but notice the resemblance between the 29-year-old and First Lady Melania Trump.
Alina Habba
Trump’s defence lawyer is the hero of this story because without her, her client would be behind bars and not heading back to the white House.
The two first met in what appears to be Trump’s magic year, 2019, after she joined his New Jersey golf club near her home.
While Trump’s advisers were reportedly alarmed by her relative lack of experience, the mother of two has taken and fought cases for the president other attorneys would turn away, notably clashing with a judge during a defamation trial. Look where the 40-year-old is now — serving as his presidential counsellor.
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Siggy Flicker
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star-turned-MAGA darling has Habba to thank for introducing her to Trump.
The 57-year-old Israeli-American and daughter of a Holocaust survivor fights for Jexit, a group that calls for Jews to join the Republican Party.
While often spotted at Mar-a-Lago, she told the Daily Mail that she isn’t campaigning for a role in Trump’s administration and will merely “always be there to support him behind the scenes.”
Susan Wiles
Trump announced his campaign manager, Susan Summerall Wiles, will serve as his White House chief of staff, saying that she “just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history” and called her “tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected.”
What’s interesting is that Wiles, 67, will be the first-ever female chief of staff in United States history, a distinction she earned after serving as his chief strategist in Florida for his 2016 campaign, then after losing in 2020, she went on to run Trump’s Save America PAC.
Natalie Harp
It is not known what Harp’s exact role is but the Trump aide has been given the not-so-glamorous name of “the human printer,” as she is known for following the president around with a portable printer to show her boss any information in hard copy form so he doesn’t have to strain his eyes on a smartphone.
After being left with chronic health issues following a medical error in 2015, Harp credits her survival to a piece of Trump legislation, the “Right To Try” law allowing patients to access experimental treatments.
The 33-year-old joined his election campaign in 2020 and again in 2024, as she has reportedly helped him with his social media posts, but Harp keeps her own profile and personal life private.
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