SHORT: Rumana Ahmed lasted eight days in Trump’s White House
Rumana Ahmed at the White House during the last year of the Obama administration.
Rumana Ahmed is a Muslim American, and served many different roles in the Obama White House, including as a member at the National Security Council. Hoping to continue to serve her country, she stayed on after the election. Just eight days into the Trump Administration, she quit out of frustration.
"The reason I left there was no space for me to voice my concerns. We would find out about policies through the news." Still she says, there is hope. Rupa learns more in another Otherhood SHORT.
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