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Trump gives DEI staffers orders to exit by EOD Wednesday, merit-based hiring resumes immediately

January 22, 2025 | | Print Article

With President Donald Trump now in office, so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is quickly and rightly being excised from every part of the federal government.

It started on Monday when the president signed an executive order to end DEI efforts across the federal workforce.

On Tuesday the president doubled down with a new executive order directing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to “return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring” and eliminate DEI initiatives.

“I hereby order the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator to immediately return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring, as required by law,” the order reads.

“All so-called DEI initiatives, including all dangerous preferencing policies or practices, shall immediately be rescinded in favor of hiring, promoting, and otherwise treating employees on the basis of individual capability, competence, achievement, and dedication,” it continues.

“Illegal and discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hiring, including on the basis of race, sex, disability, or any other criteria other than the safety of airline passengers and overall job excellence, competency, and qualification, harms all Americans, who deserve to fly with confidence,” it concludes.

Also on Tuesday, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) directed the heads of major federal government departments and agencies to place all DEI staff on leave by Wednesday evening.

OPM also directed agencies to delete any DEI-related websites and social media accounts and to cancel any DEI-related training sessions.

One of the first “casualties” of the federal DEI purge was the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Linda Fagan, who was fired on Tuesday for focusing too much on DEI and not enough on doing her job.

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Speaking with CNN, a Department of Homeland Security official confirmed that she was ousted over her “leadership deficiencies” and glaring “operational failures.”

Citing specific examples, the DHS official pointed to her “failure to address border security threats” and “excessive focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.”

“Additionally, the official said the Coast Guard suffered ‘significant shortfalls in recruiting personnel’ under Fagan’s leadership,” according to CNN.

The public meanwhile has been celebrating the long-awaited elimination of DEI from the federal government.

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The problem with DEI is it attempts to make up for PAST discrimination against blacks by applying modern discrimination against everybody else. For example, DEI goes hand in hand with affirmative action, a policy that calls for purposefully discriminating against Asians and whites to artificially prop black people up above everybody else.

Critics say DEI is therefore nothing more than a new form of racism and discrimination.

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