President-elect Donald Trump will sign an executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government.
The order will cut funding for so-called DEI programs across all agencies in an effort to "end DEI within the federal government," according to incoming Trump administration officials.
President-elect Trump will direct the Office of Management and Budget to terminate all related missions, policies, and programs across agencies, including all initiatives designed to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Department.
Officials say his goal is to restore what the government considers to be a merit-based hiring system.
President-elect Trump will continue his efforts to eliminate all traces of DEI within the government.
Trump officials and members of the Justice Department meet monthly with various agencies to assess whether ongoing DEI projects may be discriminating against Americans. Trump officials said the groups would "find a way to end these actions."
The executive order will also include a review of spaces to be renamed under DEI initiatives.
It's unclear how the order will affect the private sector. Trump administration officials have advised businesses to "wait and see" how further guidance will apply to them.
Incoming White House officials have further expressed President-elect Trump's distaste for inclusion efforts and gender ideology by declaring that the federal government recognizes only two genders: male and female.
"So what we are doing today is establishing that it is the policy of the United States to recognize two genders, male and female. These genders are immutable, they are rooted in fundamental, indisputable realities. These genders mean that a person cannot change The biological classification of a person is male or female, and female means biologically female; male means biological male," an incoming Trump official said of the unique executive order. "You will no longer have a powerful, long drop-down menu when asking sexual questions."
Among other things, the order would ensure that federal funds are not used to promote gender ideology.
Many major U.S. employers, including Meta, McDonald's and Walmart already reduce their diversity plans According to the 2023 Supreme Court ruling ban affirmative action college admissions, and pressure from conservative political activists.