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Fox & Friends is FURIOUS Melania Wasn’t Named to ‘Most Powerful Women’ List…But Angela Merkel Was

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named the world’s most powerful woman for the ninth year running in a wide-ranging list intended to celebrate the 100 most influential females of this year.

Forbes’ 2019 edition of its World’s Most Powerful Women, released Thursday, marked a return for the German leader, who has made 14 appearances in the list’s 16-year history.

Merkel was joined in the top spots by fellow prominent female political leaders.

Christine Lagarde moved up one place this year to second position after taking over a president of the European Central Bank. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative, Nancy Pelosi, took third place and Ursula Von Der Leyen, president of the European Commission, fourth. The top five was rounded out by General Motors CEO Mary Barra.

This year’s top 100 females list featured women from six categories — business (31), technology (17), finance (12), media & entertainment (14), politics & policy (22) and philanthropy (4). Together, they control or influence more than $2.3 trillion in revenue and oversee nearly 6.5 million employees.

The 2019 list spans seven generations and 32 countries and territories.

Environmental activist and Time’s 2019 Person of the Year, Greta Thunberg, who ranked in 100th place, became the youngest person in the list’s history at the age of 16. She was ranked in 100th place.

Overall, North America accounted for the greatest number of honorees at 50. It was followed by Asia Pacific (21), Europe (23), the Middle East (3), Latin America (2), and Africa (1).

Presidential adviser and “first daughter” Ivanka Trump makes the list at No. 42 — two notches below Queen Elizabeth II, longest-reigning monarch in British history.

And it appears Donald Trump’s favorite show Fox & Friends isn’t too happy with the list, and are quite upset that Ivanka is just #42 and that Melania Trump doesn’t make the list at all. Because let’s be honest, Melania is strictly ornamental. Her “Be Best” platform is a joke, and will be soon forgotten once the Trumps are finally booted from office.

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