Trump added: “I think DEI is dead, so if they want to scrub the websites that’s okay with me.” And in many instances they already had. The White House press office released an unsigned statement to The Washington Post saying that the American people had given Trump a mandate “to remove DEI from our federal government and reinstate a system based on merit.”
A Post review of more than 8,000 federal webpages that changed since Inauguration Day found 662 examples of deletions and additions that reflect policy changes at the heart of Trump’s campaign. “Diversity” has been deleted. “Climate resilience” is now a popular substitute for “climate change.” And “pregnant people” hasbeen replaced by “pregnant women.”
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Removing DEI-related language was the most common change The Post found in its analysis of webpages within 14 cabinet-level agencies, as organizations stripped the phrase off everything from codes of conduct to agency goals.
From long-standing job listings to now-shuttered DEI-related offices and even obscure, years-old webpages, almost every federal agency and department The Post reviewed removed references to “diversity,” “equity” and “inclusion.”
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