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The Women in Trump’s Orbit

President Trump’s “interesting” choices for team members and advisors

6 min readOct 8, 2025

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Pam Bondi with President Trump, August 2025. Photo via Wikimedia.

Earlier this week, I read Maria Grant’s weekly column for Spy Community Media’s newspapers serving Maryland’s Eastern Shore. In the piece, Grant discusses the types of women that the President has chosen to surround himself with. It’s not a fun group of women.

Shortly after I read Grant’s column, I watched a couple of hours of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Bondi, anticipating tough questions from Committee Democrats, came loaded for bear. She refused to answer virtually every question and personally attacked questioners, in some cases, accusing them of unethical or scandalous behavior.

Grant’s piece is right on point. It is a good read. That’s why I am sharing it here. You can also read it as published by the Spy.

The Women in Trump’s Orbit by Maria Grant

Female friendship has always been important to me. I’ve been fortunate to maintain friendships with women from college, work colleagues, neighbors, book clubs, and more. I value…

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