Trump orders all federal diversity, equity and inclusion employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday
U.S. President Donald Trump stands afer delivering remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt room at White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management. The memo, issued Tuesday to heads of departments and agencies, sets a deadline of no later than 5 p.m. ET Wednesday to inform the employees that they will be put on paid administrative leave as the agencies prepare to close all DEI-related offices and programs and to remove all websites and social media accounts for such offices. It also asks federal agencies to submit a written plan by Jan. 31 for dismissing the employees. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs in federal agencies, with DEI offices and programs being ordered to shut down. “President Trump campaigned on ending the scourge of DEI from our federal government and returning America to a merit based society where people are hired based on their skills, not for the color of their skin,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday night. “This is another win for Americans of all races, religions, and creeds. Promises made, promises kept.” It was not clear how many employees would be affected. Trump signed 46 executive orders and presidential actions Monday that addressed a number of campaign pledges, including ending Biden-era border policies and pardoning the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. Tuesday, he signed an executive order that targeted diverse hiring practices at the Federal Aviation Administration, arguing that such initiatives penalized “hard-working Americans who want to serve in the FAA but are unable to do so, as they lack a requisite disability or skin color.” Trump’s steps in the first days of his second administration continue efforts he made near the end of his first term. In 2020, hesigned an executive order prohibiting federal DEI programs. President Joe Biden countered that by signing actions aimed at bolstering racial equality shortly after he took office in 2021.
U.S. President Donald Trump stands afer delivering remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt room at White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters
The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management.
The memo, issued Tuesday to heads of departments and agencies, sets a deadline of no later than 5 p.m. ET Wednesday to inform the employees that they will be put on paid administrative leave as the agencies prepare to close all DEI-related offices and programs and to remove all websites and social media accounts for such offices.
It also asks federal agencies to submit a written plan by Jan. 31 for dismissing the employees.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday ending “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity and inclusion programs in federal agencies, with DEI offices and programs being ordered to shut down. “President Trump campaigned on ending the scourge of DEI from our federal government and returning America to a merit based society where people are hired based on their skills, not for the color of their skin,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday night. “This is another win for Americans of all races, religions, and creeds. Promises made, promises kept.”
It was not clear how many employees would be affected.
Trump signed 46 executive orders and presidential actions Monday that addressed a number of campaign pledges, including ending Biden-era border policies and pardoning the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters.
Tuesday, he signed an executive order that targeted diverse hiring practices at the Federal Aviation Administration, arguing that such initiatives penalized “hard-working Americans who want to serve in the FAA but are unable to do so, as they lack a requisite disability or skin color.”
Trump’s steps in the first days of his second administration continue efforts he made near the end of his first term. In 2020, he signed an executive order prohibiting federal DEI programs. President Joe Biden countered that by signing actions aimed at bolstering racial equality shortly after he took office in 2021.
个人对川大此项举措表示赞同，招聘就该 merit based 而不是看肤色种族
嗯 影响人数未知，也许只是title里面直接带diversity的才是板上钉钉的人选。
适当照顾弱势群体是有必要的，但搞得太过火会反噬。希望川普之后能来个中间派不那么极端的
“in diversity, equity and inclusion roles” 你们这都是看不懂英文？
不是指因为DEI招进来的人，而是负责管理和推动DEI的员工，比如现在很多大学都有DEI office，是这些office的staffs
好，我们一边等一边欣赏你的酸劲
当然是后者。。。前者你怎么证实呢？
这些consultant就是拿公司的钱，指导公司如何实施DEI，这些指导都是些虚头八脑的东西，不差钱的公司可以折腾
站这个。她们还真以为DEI就是只指有色人种。这个大棒横扫所有非白人。
DEI 部门的员工。
川普毫无疑问是人渣 但是美国也只有借助川普这种人渣总统，才能逆转极左风气，而最小化美国信誉损失。 以后讲起来，连美国自己都说，是川普这个人渣法西斯总统干的，我们美国人可是恨进步的。
全世界拿美国一点办法都没有，只能苦苦熬过川普四年任期。 希望民主党能够往中间靠拢一些，下次夺回总统位置，重建美国信誉。
正解！有人看不懂新闻，文盲一样就跳出来反对。
看看这届内阁提名就知道了，dei是换一种形式存在