You see this as well in Trump's treatment of his daughter, Ivanka (and in Ivanka's own corporate-friendly, faux feminism). Of course, it is Ivanka's husband, Jared Kushner, who has an actual position on the Trump team, and not Ivanka herself. According to Trump , Ivanka is also a "great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing." Dig a little deeper, though, and both Melania and Ivanka don't look so feminist after all; they look prototypically Trump. Melania and Ivanka provide good cover for Trump's misogyny because they're palatable, conventionally feminine women: They're docile and poised, they don't make demands of men, and they are above all conventionally beautiful -- white and thin.

Source: CNN February 22, 2017 15:33 UTC