Within his first 36 hours in office, President Donald Trump began rolling back decades of entrenched DEI bureaucracy.
President Trump signed the order on Tuesday. supervise Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) eliminates DEI in employment; cancel A 60-year-old order established by President Lyndon B. Johnson that established affirmative action.
movement continues to his day one The executive order ordered “an end to radical and wasteful government DEI programs and incentives.”
“President Trump’s executive order ends racial preferential treatment in the federal government, federal contracts, and grant-making,” said Giancarlo Canaparo, senior legal fellow at the Edwin Meese III Center for Law and Justice Research at the Heritage Foundation. told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “If President Trump’s actions were all these, they would be some of the most important presidential actions for racial neutrality in recent memory. But President Trump also directed the federal government’s full enforcement powers.
President Trump’s Tuesday order directs agency heads to work with the attorney general to identify companies, foundations, medical associations and higher education institutions that may be subject to civil compliance investigations. Specific instructions are given. (Related: Trump makes ‘sex’ great again on his first day in office)
To all reporters asking about this: I’m happy to say no! https://t.co/gRb356vSwO
— Caroline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 22, 2025
Human resources management office memo DEI office employees have been directed to take administrative leave by Wednesday at 5 p.m.
By noon Thursday, all government agencies must list their DEI offices, employees, and contracts. The agency is expected to have a written plan by Friday to reduce the number of employees working in those offices.
Some of President Trump’s newly elected agency leaders have already laid out plans to realize his goals.
Yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order halting the government’s promotion of DEI.
Today, as FCC Chairman, I am ending the FCC’s push for DEI and focusing my efforts on properly fulfilling the agency’s statutory mission. pic.twitter.com/jH8uhpdz12
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) January 21, 2025
Brendan Carr, nominated by President Trump to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), announced In X, he would remove DEI from agency strategic plans and budgets, remove DEI analysis from agency reports, and end the DEI task force.
Andrea Lucas, Acting Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), said, “We believe that justice is measured by group outcomes and that civil rights exist only to redress harm against particular groups.” We must reject the double lie of identity politics.” (Related: Trump’s executive order suggests crackdown on college students who support terrorism)
“In recent years, this institution has remained silent in the face of various forms of widespread and overt discrimination,” Lucas wrote. “In accordance with the President’s executive orders and priorities, my priorities include eradicating racism and sexism motivated by illegal DEI. Protecting American workers from anti-American nationality discrimination Defend the biological and binary realities of sex-related rights, including women’s rights to homosexual spaces in the workplace. Protect workers from religious prejudice and harassment, including anti-Semitism. and to correct other areas where enforcement has been lacking recently.”
Canapalo told DCNF that Trump stands on the right side on any potential legal issues, adding, “I want the government to treat people fairly, regardless of their race, color, or color. It simply recommitted America to the mandatory equal protection clause and civil rights laws.” Or ethnicity. ”
“And, as the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University shows, the Supreme Court interprets the law the same way he does,” he said. “Mr. Trump has moral and legal authority on this matter.”
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