President Donald Trump met with women leaders in small business today for a roundtable discussion on the problems they face. According to the AP, Trump said that empowering and promoting women in business are priorities for his administration, and he wants to make childcare more affordable and accessible.
“I know how crucial women are as job creators, role models, and leaders all throughout our communities,” Trump said, reading a prepared statement to the press at the White House meeting. “As we conclude Women’s History Month, I am thrilled to meet to discuss how we can continue this important mission.”
While many may see this a major improvement over the way the president has historically addressed women’s concerns—just last week, he wanted to cut maternity and preventative care from women’s ACA health plans—others on the internet couldn’t help but notice that Trump still doesn’t seem to be too excited to talk about lady stuff.
.@POTUS hosts women business owners for roundtable discussion on their first-hand experiences as female entrepreneurs #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/YGlhz0925n
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) March 27, 2017
He looks bored. Women didn’t get the message to show cleavage. Sad!
— Hobo cat 💛 🇺🇦 (@catmarketer) March 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/seahagintrainin/status/846384622065803265
Others brought up the hypocrisy of how he claims to care about women, but when he talks about them and to them, he shows a very different side.
https://twitter.com/FingersUpforDT/status/846384654672314368
Another point offered: If he cared about women’s voices, maybe he could hire some women in his cabinet.
shame its not a table of women working in his administration..
— ‘H’ Rhi 🏴🇺🇸🇬🇧🏈🥃 (@hobbit2343) March 27, 2017
as if he cares… but nice to finally have a photo opp with more than 1 token woman in it 👍🏽
— Jen W (@jwellsie) March 27, 2017
Because we all remember this:
This group just made it more difficult for women to get access to health care worldwide. You tell me what’s wrong with this picture. pic.twitter.com/8UQFWg8qO3
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 23, 2017
And this, which shows who was involved in Thursday’s talks to take away maternity care from low-income women.
Appreciated joining @POTUS for meeting with the Freedom Caucus again today. This is it. #PassTheBill pic.twitter.com/XG6lQIy5a6
— Vice President Mike Pence Archived (@VP45) March 23, 2017
In related women’s business events: Trump’s daughter Ivanka will be attending a women’s economic empowerment summit in Berlin in April, just a month after her father’s awkward non-handshake with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. His facial expression in his meeting with Merkel is quite similar to the one Spicer captured the president making today.
