White House Debating Future Of Obama-Era Council On Women And Girls

President Donald Trump pauses while meeting with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Monday, May 15, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

President Donald Trump’s administration is “evaluating” the future of the White House Council on Women and Girls and considering whether to keep or eliminate the council, according to several reports.

Politico on Friday reported that the council has gone dark while the White House decides its future, according to three unnamed senior White House officials.

ABC News reported on Friday, citing an unnamed senior White House official, that Trump’s administration is debating the future of the council created by former President Barack Obama.

“The White House is evaluating the best positioning of this office going forward,” White House spokeswoman Hope Hicks told ABC News in a statement. “We want the input of the various agencies to understand the assets they have so that we make this office additive, not redundant.”

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  1. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    What debate? Maybe if Ivanka says “Daddy, pleeeease can I have it to play with?” they might keep it around, but otherwise we all know it’s toast.

    Or if Trump thinks it’s like a teen beauty pageant organization, then he would want to become personally involved.

  2. I just luuuuurrrrrvve hearing that Trump is “evaluating” a thing. That means if it’s an Obama thing he wants to zap it into oblivion but if there’s likely to be too much of an outcry he’ll just shunt it off to a siding and let it sit irrelevantly. The few people left will have no work to do, and nothing it was ever meant to accomplish will take place. The choice between those two options is now called “evaluation.”

  3. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Set up by Obama to help women and girls. Only thing missing is a Muslim association to hit the jackpot.

    It’s already gone dark, so what’s the point of this charade? No one honestly believes he’s “evaluating” anything.

    The courts have stymied his Muslim ban fairly effectively, too bad no one can stop his delusional “Obama ban” in terms of policies.

  4. “The White House is evaluating the best positioning of this office going forward,” White House spokeswoman Hope Hicks told ABC News in a statement. “We want the input of the various agencies to understand the assets they have so that we make this office additive, not redundant.”

    previously

    President Trump is “evaluating the situation” with national security advisor Michael Flynn, spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters Monday.

    also

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/26/trump-said-he-would-cancel-paris-climate-deal-now-the-white-house-is-having-second-thoughts/

  5. That’s exactly how his reptilian mind works. No mistaking the hiss of his forked tongue.

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