It's perfectly possible to pick a meritorious woman for the role. The fact Trump didn't suggests that wasn't his goal, or that he actually fucked up. Take your pick.
Picking a candidate based on identity only becomes a problem when merit isn't considered at all, as the left does it, or when there actually isn't a good person to pick at all because the identity criteria are too strict, as the left also does it (i.e. black trans woman that's gay and is married to an Asian man).
It's perfectly possible to pick a meritorious woman for the role. The fact Trump didn't suggests that wasn't his goal, or that he actually fucked up. Take your pick.
Picking a candidate based on identity only becomes a problem when merit isn't considered at all, as the left does it, or when there actually isn't a good person to pick at all because the identity criteria are too strict, as the left also does it (i.e. black trans woman that's gay and is married to an Asian man).
cue misheard lyric: "Secret Aaaasian man, secret Aaaasian man..." Your description in parentheses is spot on fren!!!