Trump Lines Up Another Woman for the Chop After Blue Tsunami

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Bauer would be the latest woman to leave the administration, following in the footsteps of Wiles, former press secretary Karoline Leavitt, former Attorney General Pam Bondi,…

President Donald Trump is gearing up to oust a female member of his administration as he weighs a shake-up following his midterm election bloodbath, according to a report.

White House Cabinet Secretary Meghan Bauer, who oversees Trump’s 24-member cabinet, is expected to leave the White House by the end of the year, MS NOW reported Tuesday, citing two current White House officials and one former White House official familiar with internal discussions.

The report comes days after the 80-year-old president hinted at personnel changes in the aftermath of his party’s bruising midterm losses. The Republican collapse included the GOP strongholds of Texas, Kansas, and South Carolina.

“I love my Cabinet. I think they’re good. But I’ll do—be doing maybe a few changes. I don’t want to mention who,” Trump told conservative 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat. Hours earlier, he let longtime White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles go.

Bauer gushed about her role in an interview with Independent Women’s Features, released just weeks ago, telling the publication that her role “is to ensure all the Cabinet agencies are coordinated and driving the President’s agenda every day.”

But two current White House officials revealed that Trump has grown “increasingly frustrated” with her over the past few months and was plotting with senior staffers this week to have her ousted.

Two sources familiar with the matter said her job responsibilities could be consolidated under Stephen Miller—Trump’s new chief of staff—and others working in the West Wing. Bauer is expected to stay on for a couple of months as part of a handover process, according to MS NOW.

Bauer would be the latest woman to leave the administration, following in the footsteps of Wiles, former press secretary Karoline Leavitt, former Attorney General Pam Bondi, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, and former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

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