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Liberals in Global Outrage That Professional Attire Is Expected at the White House

'Dress like women' comment is 'setting us back by about 50 years'

Donald Trump
AP
February 4, 2017

Liberals are outraged across the globe because employees are expected to dress professionally in the White House.

Donald Trump has "angered feminists all over again," this time for comments he did not make. The outrage originated from an Axios report Thursday that quoted an unnamed source who claimed to have worked for the Trump campaign who said, "Trump likes the women who work for him 'to dress like women.'"

"Even if you're in jeans, you need to look neat and orderly," the source added. Men also should be "sharply dressed."

Dozens of outlets from Australia to Ireland celebrated women who took to Twitter to express their displeasure with Trump over the anonymous comment that women can wear jeans to work. Users began using the hash tag #DressLikeAWoman to show that many women wear uniforms at their jobs, as do fictional characters.

"Trump prefers female employees to 'dress like women', because of course he does," wrote the Sydney Morning Herald.

The Irish Examiner said the "internet's response" to the report was "gloriously badass." The Indian Express and Refinery 29 noted the "amazing Twitter responses." The Huffington Post found 21 women who tweeted about the comments.

BBC News, TIME, the Telegraph, the Guardian, and Yahoo! had write ups, as well.

The UK edition of Marie Claire magazine used the occasion to incorrectly report that President Trump will "declare pre-marital sex" "wrong" via an executive order.

"[I]n just two weeks he has already set back women’s rights dramatically," the magazine wrote. "He has restricted women’s reproductive rights, cut funding to international organisations who promote, provide and advise on abortions, and just yesterday it was revealed that he’s planning an executive order to declare pre-marital sex, same-sex marriage and abortion to be wrong."

The magazine said the comment on women's clothing, which they wrongly attributed to Trump directly, made Marie Claire "disheartened," because it had the effect of "cementing a general feeling that a Trump presidency is setting us back by about 50 years."

The Axios report was unclear on the dress attire for men at the White House. The report suggested that Trump demands his male staffers wear Trump Ties, or at least Armani.

"If it's not a Trump tie, you can get away with Brooks Brothers," the unnamed source said. "But I'd suggest Armani."

The dictate must not be too strictly enforced. "Regarding Trump's rakish policy adviser Stephen Miller, the source adds: 'I've always been surprised about how Stephen Miller survives with those thin ties,'" the report says. Counselor to the president Steve Bannon often forgoes a tie.