Trump Has Multiple Tools Available To Extract Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Spending From the Federal Budget

The process of eliminating diversity programs may not be as easy as the stroke of President Trump’s executive order pen, but multiple suggestions are on the table.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks at a press conference on March 9, 2023, about the department's budget. HHS.gov/Flickr

President-elect Trump and members of his incoming administration are vowing to eradicate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives from the federal government. They may have to start with undoing outgoing efforts by the Biden administration to hastily fill in its waning days federal DEI posts.

Nearly three dozen diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs have been advertised by the Biden administration since the November 5 election. The hiring window ends before Trump takes office, the Daily Wire reports. Several of the jobs have salaries of up to $310,000. One job posted by the Department of Homeland Security is for a “writer-editer (sic).”

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