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Grab ‘Em by the Legacy: Rolling Back the Years with President Trump

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This chapter will consider what the Trump presidency means for women, in terms of style and substance. Some consideration will be given to Trump’s tone and rhetoric both on the campaign trail and as president, along with his stated policy priorities.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    ‘The Final Year,’ Greg Baker (HBO 2018).

  2. 2.

    ‘Susan Glasser interview with Samantha Power,’ Politico, 15 January 2018.

  3. 3.

    Nine Burleigh, ‘The Presidential Election Was a Referendum on Gender and Women Lost,’ Newsweek, 14 November 2016.

  4. 4.

    Niv Sultan, ‘Election 2016: Trump’s Free Media Helped Keep Cost Down, But Fewer Donors Provided More of the Cash,’ OpenSecrets.org, 13 April 2017.

  5. 5.

    Claire Cohen, ‘Donald Trump Sexism Tracker: Every Offensive Comment in One Place,’ Daily Telegraph, 14 July 2017.

  6. 6.

    Julie Kohler, ‘The Reason Why White Women Vote Republican and What to Do About It,’ The Nation, 1 February 2018.

  7. 7.

    Public Religion Research Institute, Millennials, Sexuality and Reproductive Health Survey, March 2015.

  8. 8.

    @realdonaldtrump, Twitter, 16 April 2015.

  9. 9.

    Tessa Berenson, ‘Here’s How Carly Fiorina Wants to Redefine Feminism,’ Time, 11 June 2015.

  10. 10.

    Donald Trump on ‘Meet the Press,’ NBC, 24 October 1999; Donald Trump at the Iowa Freedom Summit, 24 January 2015.

  11. 11.

    Emily Stephenson and Roberta Rampton, ‘Trump in Crisis as Lewd Remarks About Women Come to Light,’ Reuters, 7 October 2016.

  12. 12.

    Stephenson and Rampton, ‘Trump in Crisis.’

  13. 13.

    Presidential Election 2016, Key Indicators: Candidate Image, Gallup November 2016

  14. 14.

    Donald Trump, The Art of the Deal, Ballantine, 1987.

  15. 15.

    Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson, ‘Trump Vs Clinton: He Calls Her a Devil, She Says He Abuses Woman,’ Reuters, 10 October 2016.

  16. 16.

    CNN/ORC poll, 9 October 2016.

  17. 17.

    Economist, ‘Absalom’s Revenge,’ 13 October 2016.

  18. 18.

    Jack Jenkins, ‘Meet Donald Trump’s New Evangelical Advisory Board,’ ThinkProgress.org, 22 June 2016.

  19. 19.

    Donald Trump, ‘Remarks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority Conference,’ 8 June 2017; Donald Trump, ‘Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty Executive Order 13798,’ 4 May 2017.

  20. 20.

    See Rewire News for a timeline of Donald Trump’s shifting position on abortion up to 22 August 2016.

  21. 21.

    Chris Matthews Town Hall session with Donal Trump, MSNBC, 30 March 2016.

  22. 22.

    Republican Party Platform 2016, https://www.gop.com/platform/we-the-people/.

  23. 23.

    Donald Trump interview, New York Times, 18 May 2016.

  24. 24.

    Daisy Fleming, ‘The Mexico City Policy and the Trump Transition,’ Foreign Affairs Review, 17 February 2017.

  25. 25.

    Barack Obama, ‘Ensuring Enforcement and Implementation of Abortion Restrictions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,’ Executive Order 13535, 29 March 2010.

  26. 26.

    Donald Trump, ‘Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Mexico City Policy,’ 23 January 2017.

  27. 27.

    Michelle Goldberg, ‘Trump Didn’t Just Reinstate the Global Gag Rule: He Massively Expanded It,’ Slate.com, 24 January 2017.

  28. 28.

    Population Action International, ‘How the Global Gag Ruling Undermines US Foreign Policy and Harms Women’s Health (PAI 2015 Report).’

  29. 29.

    Eran Bendavid, Patrick Avila, and Grant Miller, ‘United States Aid Policy and Induced Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa,’ Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, 27 September 2011.

  30. 30.

    Donald Trump’s ‘Pro-Life Coalition’ letter, September 2016.

  31. 31.

    Miriam Berg, ‘How Federal Funding Works at Planned Parenthood,’ Plannedparenthoodaction.org, 5 January 2017.

  32. 32.

    Health and Human Services Department proposed rule on Title X Compliance Requirements, see Federal Register link for background, 7 September 2016.

  33. 33.

    Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood press release, 14 December 2016.

  34. 34.

    Budget of the US Government, Office of Management and Budget, Fiscal Year 2019, p. 56.

  35. 35.

    The Rush Limbaugh Show, ‘Trump Chooses Rush Limbaugh on Decaf for VP,’ 18 July 2016.

  36. 36.

    Religious Freedom Restoration, Indiana General Assembly, Senate Enrolled Act No 101, 1 July 2015.

  37. 37.

    Mike Pencestatement on RFRA signing, 26 March 2015.

  38. 38.

    Mike Pence for Congress 2000 website.

  39. 39.

    Indiana General Assembly, House Bill 1337, Abortion, 1 July 2016.

  40. 40.

    Independent Women’s Forum website, www.iwf.org/about.

  41. 41.

    Victoria Coley (IWF) email to Washington Post, quoted in Amy Wang, ‘Vice President Pence Is Receiving a “Working for Women” Award: Here’s a Dive into His Record on Women,’ 22 March 2017.

  42. 42.

    Aaron Blake, ‘Mike Pence Doesn’t Dine Alone with Other Women,’ Washington Post, 30 March 2017.

  43. 43.

    Donald Trump campaign speech, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 28 July 2016.

  44. 44.

    Pew Research Center, ‘Top Voting Issues in 2016 Election,’ 7 July 2016.

  45. 45.

    John Boehner interview with Brit Hume, Fox News, 12 October 2016.

  46. 46.

    Guttmacher Institute, Policy Trends in the States 2017, 2 January 2018.

  47. 47.

    Barack Obama, State of the Union address, 20 January 2015.

  48. 48.

    Steven Pressman, ‘Beast of Burden: The Weight of Inequality and the Second Obama Administration,’ in Clodagh Harrington, ed., Obama’s Washington: Political Leadership in a Partisan Era (ISA, 2015).

  49. 49.

    Barack Obama, Presidential Proclamation, Mother’s Day, 6 May 2016.

  50. 50.

    National Partnership for Women and Families poll, 28–31 January 2016.

  51. 51.

    ‘Most Important Problems,’ Gallup ongoing poll.

  52. 52.

    Ivanka Trump, Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success (Portfolio, 2017).

  53. 53.

    Ivanka Trump speech, Republican National Convention, 21 July 2016.

  54. 54.

    Donald Trump Childcare speech, Aston, Pennsylvania, 13 September 2016.

  55. 55.

    Fact Sheet: Donald J Trump’s New Childcare Plan (undated).

  56. 56.

    Lauren Carroll, ‘Guarantee 6-Week Paid Leave,’ Politifact.com, 16 January 2017.

  57. 57.

    Donald Trump, State of the Union address, 30 January 2018.

  58. 58.

    Seung Min Kim, ‘Ivanka, Rubio Find a New Project: Paid Family Leave,’ Politifact.com, 4 February 2018.

  59. 59.

    Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenowith, University of Connecticut, University of Denver, figures for 500 women’s marches compiled (2017).

  60. 60.

    The Women’s March: Principles, https://www.womensmarch.com/principles/; Naomi Klein interview, 20 January 2017, www.democracynow.org.

  61. 61.

    Pressman and Chenowith, 500 marches (2017).

  62. 62.

    Donald Trump address via video-link to the March for Life, 19 January 2018.

  63. 63.

    Susan B Anthony (SBA) press release, 17 January 2018.

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    Clodagh Harrington

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Harrington, C. (2019). Grab ‘Em by the Legacy: Rolling Back the Years with President Trump. In: Oliva, M., Shanahan, M. (eds) The Trump Presidency. The Evolving American Presidency. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96325-9_8

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