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Understanding the Implications of President Trump’s Executive Orders on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

On his first two days back in office, President Trump signed two executive orders targeting federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. A Fact Sheet issued by the White House the next day sums up the effect of these orders as follows: “Federal hiring, promotions, and performance reviews will reward individual initiative, skills, performance, and hard work and not, under any circumstances, DEI-related factors, goals, policies, mandates, or requirements.” While much of the focus of Trump’s campaign and his first week in office was on rolling back Biden-era initiatives, his executive orders on DEI reverse measures intended to promote a diverse and federal workforce dating back to Lyndon B. Johnson’s tenure as president in the 1960s.

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