Trump’s second Cabinet began with limited diversity. In the past three months, four women have been fired or have resigned. Kristi Noem left on March 5, followed by Pam Bondi less than a month later. Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on April 20. Tulsi Gabbard, confirmed last year as chief intelligence official and the only Pacific Islander Cabinet member, announced her planned resignation to care for her husband after a rare brain cancer diagnosis. Gabbard previously opposed war policies, including actions in Iran during Trump’s first term, and faced scrutiny over her recent Capitol Hill appearances. Concerns also included her presence during an FBI seizure of 2020 election ballots in Fulton County, Georgia. A 2025 analysis reported only 17 percent of second-term nominees were non-White, while women’s representation increased to 37 percent from 17 percent in the prior term.
"The latest to leave is Tulsi Gabbard, the nation's chief intelligence official, who announced on Friday that she planned to resign to care for her husband, Abraham, who has been diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer. Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii who switched parties and became part of the MAGA coalition, was confirmed last year as the nation's chief intelligence official. She is the only Pacific Islander member of Trump's Cabinet."
"Gabbard is a military veteran who was staunchly anti-war during her time in Congress and vocally opposed Trump's military actions in Iran during his first term. She faced intense scrutiny in recent appearances on Capitol Hill over the administration's current war in Iran. The Guardian reported that Trump was asking advisers whether he should replace Gabbard after she declined to denounce a deputy, Joe Kent, who resigned over his disagreements over the U.S. war with Iran."
"Gabbard also sparked concern for being present at an unprecedented FBI seizure of 2020 election ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, which took place five years after Trump's unsuccessful efforts to overturn his election loss in the state. Only 17 percent of Trump's second-term Cabinet nominees were non-White, according to a 2025 Washington Post analysis. But compared with his last term, more women have been in Cabinet and other high-level roles: Women initially made up 37 percent of his second-term Cabinet, up from 17 percent."
"President Donald Trump's second Cabinet was never exceptionally diverse from the start. And in the past three months, four women have been fired or resigned. The first to go, on March 5, was ex- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the face of the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda. Then, less than a month later, Trump ousted former Attorney General Pam Bondi. On April 20, embattled Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced her resignation."
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