What place for women in the world of Donald Trump?

       What place for women in the world of Donald Trump?

A "women's march" is announced in Washington on Saturday, January 21st, to protest the controversial speech of the new president on women. In the government whose composition the Senate still has to approve, they will be very few in number. Diversity is far from the priority of the 45th President of the United States.

With Donald Trump's presidency opening today, will women's rights and their place in American society shrink, even as a turning back in European countries like Poland and Hungary ? This is what feared the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who are preparing to march on Saturday 21 January, the day after his investiture, in Washington and the big American cities. A "march of women" relayed around the world, including in Paris where a gathering is planned at Trocadero, at the call of some forty organizations (read: http://www.challenges.fr/ World / united-states / of-washington-a-paris-women-anti-trump-s-organize_449243).

In Washington, it is already known that the federal government's spending on violence against women - $ 480 million in 2016, administered by the Ministry of Justice - should be among the first budget cuts promised by Donald Trump during his campaign. Neither this perspective nor the sexist remarks of the candidate (which is also the subject of prosecution for sexual harassment) have discouraged some of the female electorate from voting for the Republican candidate. Suffrages, and more than half of those of white women.

The new president, accustomed to frequenting the top models - it was the job of his third and current wife, Melania - does not bother about considerations about the diversity of his team. The cabinet he is about to appoint will be composed mainly of white, wealthy and elderly men, with the exception of the African-American Ben Carson, who will head the Housing and Urban Development Department, and five Women who found favor in the eyes of the new president.

                  

Its strategist, Kellyanne Conway, 49, is the first of them. "Thank you Baby," Donald Trump said to thank her for her good service: this communication expert, who joined her team in August 2016, shifted Trump's campaign to victory. Talented and ambitious, this mother of 4 children refused the position of spokesman that was offered to him at first. With a title of councilor of the president, she will be the most powerful woman in the White House. Close to the Republican party, she knew how to round the angles after the multiple slips of her boss, is long. His consulting firm counted among its clients, Mike Pence, the new vice president of the United States, known for his hostility to abortion, Newt Gringrich, who led the battle for the removal of Bill Clinton after the " Lewinsky, or the National Rifle Association, the powerful weapons lobby.

Within the government itself will be four women. Born in Taiwan, Elaine Chao, 63, will lead the Transportation Department, a key position for the implementation of the major infrastructure programs promised by the candidate during his campaign. After working for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, she was George W. Bush's office secretary for eight years, the only member of his cabinet to accompany him during his two terms. Very experienced, she is probably the least contested personality of this government.

This is not the case with Betsy DeVos, who is presumed to be the secretary of education, which is a matter of great concern to public education advocates, as it advocates the privatization of education. At 58, this billionaire is married to Richard DeVos, the heir of the founding family of the Amway group (direct sale of hygiene and maintenance products). She is also the sister of Erik Prince, the founder of the sultry private security firm Blackwater. As a businesswoman, she is president of Windquest, a company that invests in clean energy, technology and industry, and a major contributor to the Republican Party, where she led the Michigan branch from 1996 to 2000. Her family foundations fund Religious and anti-gay organizations.

Linda McMahon, 68, is expected to lead the SME administration, an organization that oversees small businesses' access to finance and government procurement. She is also a billionaire, co-founded - with her husband - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which organizes ... wrestling shows! A listed company, worth $ 1.5 billion on the stock market. In 2009, she resigned from her position to create a structure that encourages women to start their own businesses. Although she spent $ 100 million (out of pocket) on two senatorial campaigns, she never managed to get elected to the Capitol. It would have funded Donald Trump's campaign for $ 6 million.

The youngest of the team is Nikki Haley, 44 years old. Governor of South Carolina since 2011, she is appointed United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and will represent the United States on the Security Council, and in most meetings of the General Assembly. This girl of Indian immigrants, who has polemicized with Trump about her plan to deny Muslims access to the national territory ("it is not American", she said), has no experience The international community. Governor of South Carolina since 2011, she has opposed the installation of Syrian refugees in the territory of the state she runs. She is considered a rising star of the party.