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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Transportation Department Reviewing Grants Funding DEI, Green New Deal Initiatives

President Donald Trump’s division has been awarded thousands of grants awarded during the Biden administration to eradicate funding diversity, equity and inclusion or Green New Deal initiatives, daily callers have learned.

During the Biden administration, the Transportation Bureau revealed that thousands of “bligated unobligated announced subsidies” between 2022 and 2026. The grants that have not yet been officially awarded are currently under review by Transport Secretary Sean Duffy. Grants, Green New Deal, including funds that do not comply with Trump’s executive order on the DEI initiative, and EV charging infrastructure, may be cancelled, according to a memo obtained by Daily Caller. (Related: “Green New Death of Death”: Zeldin declares “glyft” the end of the climate on the left)

“The choice of all competitive grants and cooperative agreements addressing energy, climate change, diversity and gender, economic analysis and other priorities must comply with current management priorities and executive orders (EOs),” the memo reads.

US Secretary of Transport Sean Duffy will speak at a press conference at the Department of Transportation held in Washington, D.C. on March 11, 2025. (Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

The note quotes several cards Executive order Includes “secretary memorandum of understanding on the implementation of executive orders addressing energy, climate change, diversity and gender,” including “end and prioritize radical and wasteful government DEI programs,” and “defend women from gender ideological extremism and restore biological truths to the federal government.”

Previous Report The department noted that it plans to suspend such funds or grants. Sources familiar with the situation told the caller that the department had not yet suspended funds, and instead considered it to ensure that the grant was compliant with the law and the president’s priorities.

The source added that the goal is for the department to provide grants to “safety and core infrastructure” to ensure that the project can be completed faster and more affordable.

President Donald Trump will sign the executive order during an event at Capital One Arena, part of the 60th first ceremony in Washington, DC on January 20, 2025. Trump will become the 47th president of the United States in a rare indoor inauguration ceremony. The parade was also moved inside Capitol One Arena due to the weather. (Photo by the Washington Post via Jaybin Botsford/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump will sign the executive order during an event at Capital One Arena, part of the 60th first ceremony in Washington, DC on January 20, 2025. (Photo by the Washington Post via Jaybin Botsford/Getty Images)

“The Biden administration’s lack of action and its emphasis on priorities outside of buildings has created an unprecedented backlog of grants. We give them the right to look closer,” a department spokesperson told callers.

“Americans want to see less taxes that subsidize awakened day ideology, a radical Green New Deal project, or other wasteful programs. Grants focused on easing grants and strengthening safety will be a priority for President Trump and Secretary Duffy,” the spokesman added.

Other agencies have started eradicating the DEI program following Trump’s first day executive order targeting such initiatives in the federal government. In February, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Investigation Agency (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) began to start cleaning such programs from their agencies. (Related: Trump’s FEMA moves to purge DEI use, climate phrase use)

Similarly, Trump has signed another executive order banning federal funding for K-12 schools that teach critical racial theories or radical gender ideology, the Daily Caller first reported.