--- title: Donald Trump 'Dress Like a Woman' Backlash description: See the best responses from women to an unconfirmed report that President Donald Trump likes his female staffers to 'dress like women.' canonical: https://time.com/4659505/donald-trump-dress-like-a-woman/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-03T16:06:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:39.875Z og:title: Social Media Shows President Trump How Women Really Dress og:description: 'Put on whatever clothes you damn well please' og:url: https://time.com/4659505/donald-trump-dress-like-a-woman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25534d6fb85d291a/6988b8b297cdff98e46af5ed/donald-trump-dress-women.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump Has Lunch With Harley Davidson Executives And Union Reps og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Social Media Shows President Trump How Women Really Dress twitter:description: 'Put on whatever clothes you damn well please' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25534d6fb85d291a/6988b8b297cdff98e46af5ed/donald-trump-dress-women.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Social Media Shows President Trump How Women _Really_ Dress  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Feb 3, 2017 4:06 PM CUT  WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump meets with executives and union representatives from the Harley Davidson company at the White House on February 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. At the end of the photo opportunity, Trump said "nothing is off the table" in relation to current disagreements between the U.S. and Iran. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump meets with executives and union representatives from the Harley Davidson company at the White House on February 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. At the end of the photo opportunity, Trump said "nothing is off the table" in relation to current disagreements between the U.S. and Iran. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Feb 3, 2017 4:06 PM CUT Women [are striking back](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/donald-trumps-directive-female-staff-should-dress-like-women/ "undefined") on social media against an unconfirmed report that President Donald Trump likes his female staffers to “dress like women.” Axios quoted [anonymous sources](https://www.axios.com/trump-101-the-producer-of-his-own-epic-film-2230577441.html "undefined") that said the president pays close attention to what his male and female staffers are wearing. He reportedly likes all of his employees to be “sharply dressed,” but likes the women to look feminine. Axios reports that women who worked in Trump’s campaign fields offices “felt pressure to wear dresses to impress Trump.” The rumor clearly struck a chord with some women, who took to [social media en masse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DressLikeAWoman?src=hash "undefined") to show what dressing like a woman _really_ means to them. > [](https://twitter.com/lizduffyadams/status/827356331975835648) > [](https://twitter.com/Eve%5FSilver/status/827335248476258304) > [](https://twitter.com/lannadelgrey/status/827528795171196928) > [](https://twitter.com/AnthonyMKreis/status/827389795152203776) > [](https://twitter.com/BlairImani/status/827349835187617792) > [](https://twitter.com/GabbyBirkman/status/827343140415680512) > [](https://twitter.com/BeckyAlleyneMD/status/827345654070390785) > [](https://twitter.com/BethRader/status/827495896430628864) > [](https://twitter.com/Uni%5FLiaison/status/827347228561780738) > [](https://twitter.com/Erinc2537/status/827537799939256321) \[H/T [the _Telegraph_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/donald-trumps-directive-female-staff-should-dress-like-women/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4659505/donald-trump-dress-like-a-woman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4659505/donald-trump-dress-like-a-woman/"},"headline":"Social Media Shows President Trump How Women Really Dress","datePublished":"2017-02-03T16:06:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:39.875Z","description":"'Put on whatever clothes you damn well please'","url":"https://time.com/4659505/donald-trump-dress-like-a-woman/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25534d6fb85d291a/6988b8b297cdff98e46af5ed/donald-trump-dress-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25534d6fb85d291a/6988b8b297cdff98e46af5ed/donald-trump-dress-women.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Has Lunch With Harley Davidson Executives And Union Reps","caption":"President Trump Has Lunch With Harley Davidson Executives And Union Reps","creditText":"Win McNamee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4659505/donald-trump-dress-like-a-woman/","name":"Social Media Shows President Trump How Women Really Dress"}}]}] ```