Madeleine Westerhout

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Madeleine Westerhout

Madeleine Westerhout (born October 8, 1990 in Newport Beach , California ) was the personal assistant to the 45th President of the United States , Donald Trump , after previously serving as his receptionist in Trump Tower in New York City and in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach , Florida .

Life

Westerhout was born in Newport Beach , California . She studied political science at the College of Charleston in the city ​​of the same name in the US state of South Carolina . During her college years, she was the chairperson of the Alpha Delta Pi fraternity . After graduating in 2013, she moved to Washington, DC and worked as a fitness trainer in a gym .

She worked on the team of Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election in the United States . In the 2013 internal party primary election for the replacement candidate for the first congressional constituency of South Carolina in the 113th United States Congress , which was necessary after the 2010 representative Tim Scott from Governor Nikki Haley - who in November 2016 from Donald Trump as US ambassador Proposed to the United Nations - Senate appointments, she worked for Republican John Kuhn . In the same year she completed an internship with John BT Campbell , who represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives. In the summer of 2013, Westerhout began working for the Republican National Committee , the organizing body of the Republican Party.

In 2015 she was named assistant to Katie Walsh , the Republican Party Chief of Staff and advisor to Reince Priebus , chairman of the Republican National Committee. During the 2016 presidential election in the United States , she accompanied Katie Walsh to her appointments.

After Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election, Walsh appointed her as part of the transition team for the US President-elect to be the receptionist and elevator operator at Trump Tower. Their task was to bring the candidates for the cabinet positions particularly effective in the office of the President-elect. Through her role she gained a strong media presence. Described by CNN as “the most photographed woman in Trump Tower” (German: “the most photographed woman in Trump Tower”), she became the subject of international press coverage. She said she was available for a post in the White House . In late December 2016, she assisted Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach , Florida .

On January 19, 2017, she appointed Donald Trump as his special assistant to the President ("Special Assistant to the President and Executive Assistant to the President"). Westerhout stated that he would assist the President in carrying out day-to-day business and act as the "gatekeeper" (German: "Türwächterin") of the Oval Office .

At the end of August 2019, Westerhout surprisingly had to give up her position in the White House. The US press cites a breach of trust as the reason for their departure. She is said to have divulged details about Trump's family and what was going on in the Oval Office to journalists.

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Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ Oliver Kühn: A woman for the UN. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 23, 2016, accessed on January 18, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c Vera Weise: How Trump's mysterious "elevator girl" became a star. Die Welt , December 19, 2016, accessed January 19, 2017 .
  5. ^ Tal Kopan: Meet the Trump Tower gatekeeper. CNN , December 15, 2016, accessed January 18, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Thomas Guien: La photo du jour - Dubai: le spectacle féérique du brouillard mêlé aux lumières de la ville. La Chaîne Info , December 23, 2016, accessed January 18, 2017 (French).
  7. ↑ Andreas Gerry Tuwo: Misteri Gadis Cantik 'Penjemput Tamu' di Gedung Donald Trump. Liptan6, December 16, 2016, accessed January 21, 2017 (Malay).
  8. ↑ Jim Watson: Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson. Orlando Sentinel, December 21, 2016; accessed January 20, 2017 .
  9. ^ President-Elect Donald J. Trump Announces Second Wave of Additional White House Staff Including Sarah Huckabee Sanders. January 19, 2017, accessed January 20, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Erin Gillespie: College of Charleston grad named special assistant to president in Trump administration. The Post and Courier, January 20, 2017, accessed January 21, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Amanda Kerr: CofC Grad Earns Role in Trump Administration. College of Charleston, January 19, 2017; accessed January 21, 2017 .
  12. ↑ dpa / mr: White House: Donald Trump's personal assistant has to go. In: welt.de . August 30, 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Westerhout, Madeleine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American receptionist for US President Donald Trump
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Newport Beach , California