Trumps administration isnt very diverse. Photo ops make it glaringly obvious.

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Trump’s administration isn’t very diverse. Photo ops make it glaringly obvious.

By David Nakamura and Abby Phillip

February 3 at 6:00 AM

In his first two weeks, Donald Trump has sought to project the image of a new president moving quickly to enact his agenda.

He has surrounded himself in a series of photo ops with his most trusted senior aides as he signs a flurry of executive orders, visits government agencies and calls world leaders from the Oval Office.

But if the images from the White House aim to show a man of action, they also have delivered another unspoken message in the early days of the new administration: Most of the aides Trump relies on for counsel as he moves to dramatically reshape the country are men — and nearly all of them are white.

It’s a sharp change from the past eight years of the barrier-breaking Obama administration, and one that has reinforced the feeling among Trump’s critics that a narrow, anachronistic worldview is driving an agenda they consider hostile to women and minorities.
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David Nakamura covers the White House. He has previously covered sports, education and city government and reported from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Japan. Follow @davidnakamura

Abby Phillip is a national political reporter covering the White House for The Washington Post. She can be reached at [e-mail]. Follow @abbydphillip

[underpants]

1. Hold it. Let's get a different perspective

You! White guy, what do you have to offer?

[W Mousie]

2. To paraphrase Justin Trudeau:

"Because it is 1917."

[pinboy3niner]

3. And they thought they were being subtle

Imagine their disappoint...

[struggle4progress]

4. No, they aren't all white! Some are orange!

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5. mayo crowd