The Trump administration abolished all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in the military, federal government, and schools.
Posted by Badlands Media, Checked
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Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
Sources show the administration issued orders ending federal DEI offices and programs, eliminating DEI offices in the Pentagon and DHS, and ending DEI programs across federal agencies, and Reuters reports DEI offices being closed. The post's qualifier "discriminatory" was dropped in extraction, and school-level coverage is thinner than the military and federal coverage, so confidence is moderate.
What was said
… We have our drugs are going to be cut by 50, 60, 70, 80%. You're not going to believe it. It's already started. We abolished all discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion nonsense policies. These policies, they're all demolished in our military, in our federal government, in our schools. We got critical race theory and transgender insanity the hell out of our schools and military, and we banned men from playing in women's sports, and we won in the Supreme Court the right for merit. This is such a big decision. …
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Supports. Reuters reports Trump's order called for eliminating government diversity programs, including all federal DEI offices and jobs, and that DEI office staff were placed on leave as offices were closed.[1]
Supports. Executive Order 14185 directs the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard to operate free of race- and sex-based preferences, and the 100-day report card says it ordered abolition of every DEI office in the Pentagon and DHS.[5][7]
Supports. The Foley Hoag tracker describes an order that terminates all DEI programs across federal departments and agencies, and another that ends all federal DEI and environmental justice programs; the tracker lists education among the affected sectors.[8]
Supports. The White House fact sheet, a primary but self-reported source, states the administration removed DEI programs from government, education, and the private sector.[6]
Context. The 100-day report card notes that the Pentagon had already cut DEI positions under a prior NDAA provision, and that 41 DEI positions remained after those cuts before the order was applied. This complicates the word "all" but does not contradict the claim.[7]
Context. No source states that DEI policies remain in place in the military, federal government, or schools, so no source contradicts the claim's core assertion.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Sources
10 sources: 4 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 4 not rated
- 1What Trump has done to remake the US government so farreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2A Complete Rundown of Trump's First Executive Orders Back in Officesnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Trump, Project 2025 and 'Culture Wars' - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Everything Trump did in the first executive orders of his presidencyapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 5Executive Order 14185—Restoring America's Fighting Force ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 6Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ended the Illegal and ...whitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 7100-day report card: Trump makes good on pledge to restore ...washingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 8Agency Actions Sectionfoleyhoag.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 9DEI explained: What is DEI and why is it so divisive? What you need to know.delawareonline.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 10Trump decrees end of diversity programs, LGBTQ protectionsthedailystar.net · not rated · cited for: context
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