Employees working in diversity programs, which Donald Trump ordered closed, will be suspended by this Wednesday evening at 5 p.m., White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed on the social network X.
She confirmed a message from the federal Office of Personnel Management that calls for informing “all DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) office employees that they are being placed on paid administrative leave effective immediately.”
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The administration is “taking steps to close/terminate all DEIA initiatives, offices, and programs,” the message, published on X Tuesday evening, continued. In addition, Trump has called for the impeachment of more than a thousand officials from the former Democratic administration.
Shortly before, it was the Episcopalian bishop of Washington, Mariann Budde, who was in the crosshairs, the day after a sermon in which she expressed concern about the fear sowed by the American president among immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community. If the Republican remained impassive during the religious service, on Truth Social, he let go: “The service was very boring and uninspired. She’s not very good at her job! “.
-1,000 people “not aligned with Trump’s vision” dismissed
In the same vein, Donald Trump pledged to avenge the “betrayal” that, according to him, was the election of Democrat Joe Biden to the White House in 2020.
He said he had ordered his team to “actively identify and remove more than 1,000 people appointed by the previous administration.” People “who are not aligned with our vision to make America great again,” he said on Truth Social. He assured that four people had already been “fired” – including former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Mark Milley, one of his pet peeves, removed from an advisory role.
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Admiral Linda Fagan, appointed by Joe Biden to head the US Coast Guard and the first woman to head one of the six branches of the army, was also fired.
The new administration also withdrew the police protection enjoyed by John Bolton, former White House National Security Advisor during the Republican’s first term, who became a fierce critic. Asked about this, Donald Trump said that his former advisor was a “stupid” man.
