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If he wins the upcoming presidential election, Donald Trump plans to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across both the federal government and private sector on his very first day in office. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, Trump’s team has drafted a range of executive orders for this, intending to outlaw DEI programs and withdraw from the Paris climate accord. His goal, his allies say, is to address what he has called “anti-white racism,” an accusation he has repeatedly voiced.

 

In a statement to Time magazine earlier this year, Trump said, “I think there is a definite anti-white feeling in this country, and that can’t be allowed.” Trump’s campaign has echoed this sentiment, asserting that all “staff, offices, and initiatives” tied to DEI or any “un-American policy will be immediately terminated.” However, this potential ban on DEI is likely to be met with significant resistance. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has announced plans to fight any DEI bans in court, according to a report from Axios in July.

 

Trump’s stance on DEI aligns closely with a broader conservative movement encapsulated in Project 2025, a detailed policy document drafted by the Heritage Foundation. The 900-page document outlines strategies to reverse what the authors see as a “DEI revolution.” But Project 2025 has not been universally embraced even within Republican circles. Kamala Harris’s campaign has criticized it, leading Trump to distance himself from the document. Frustrated by the backlash it has sparked, he commented earlier this year that “some of the things they’re saying are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.”

 

Still, Project 2025 has had a profound influence on Trump’s policies. Although Trump’s aides have scoured the document to remove anyone associated with it from participating in his presidential transition team, at least 140 authors and editors of Project 2025 had served during his first term. Despite efforts to screen those involved with the document, some Trump allies argue it would be challenging to exclude all Project 2025-linked Republicans from playing roles in the White House or on the transition team.

 

In addition to banning DEI programs, Trump is also poised to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. This international climate change treaty requires member countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. During his previous term, Trump initiated the process to exit the treaty in 2017, although the formal withdrawal wasn’t completed until November 2020 due to delays from United Nations regulations. Following Trump’s departure, Joe Biden reversed the decision and re-entered the U.S. into the Paris Agreement on his first day in office, with the country’s reentry officially taking effect in February 2021.

 

If Trump’s executive orders materialize, they will likely set off significant legal challenges and heated public debate. His plans to ban DEI initiatives and withdraw from international climate commitments represent a return to some of his more controversial policies from his first term, drawing support from certain sectors while sparking resistance from advocacy groups and government bodies alike.

 

Based on a report from the WSJ 2024-10-26

 

 

 

[Tug]

That’s our Donald just a bile filled ugly spoiled specimen of a man we are sick of it!

[impulse]

So he's against discrimination and giving my money away to others in the name of climate change that's been going on for billions of years.

 

What's not to like?

 

[spidermike007]

It is Trump's stated goal to do everything that he possibly can do to avoid anything that benefits the environment. He wants to open up national parks, monuments and national forests to logging, mining interests, and oil companies, ruining the top park system on the planet. Since it's likely that he's never been to a national park in his lifetime it means nothing to him. He wants to drill on pristine land, he wants to erase air quality standards, and in general he behaves as if we have seven or eight, perhaps nine alternative planets to move to, if we completely foul this one.

 

The man is beyond irresponsible when it comes to the environment, he's a dangerous  hazard. 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Social Media said:

In addition to banning DEI programs, Trump is also poised to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.

Seems like a good idea to me.

I hope his next project is to complete the wall and deport illegals.

[thaibeachlovers]

16 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

The man is beyond irresponsible when it comes to the environment, he's a dangerous  hazard. 

In your opinion.

[mushroomdave]

I wonder if executive orders written on prison-issued toilet paper are legal?

Edited 7 hours ago by mushroomdave

[flexomike]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

That’s our Donald just a bile filled ugly spoiled specimen of a man we are sick of it!

Who is we? You have a turd in your pocket.

[spidermike007]

22 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

In your opinion.

Yes. Of course. Nothing on this forum is stated as fact. All of the replies are opinions. Why would anyone think otherwise? I don't consider your posts to be facts. Why would you consider mine to be? 

 

Having said that he did factually dismantle a lot of previous environmental policy when he became president in 2016, that cannot be disputed. It can be obfuscated, it can be stated otherwise, but the facts cannot be disputed. 

[Tug]

17 minutes ago, flexomike said:

Who is we? You have a turd in your pocket.

Naa the turd is on the ballot we will flush twice this time!

[thaibeachlovers]

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Yes. Of course. Nothing on this forum is stated as fact. All of the replies are opinions. Why would anyone think otherwise? I don't consider your posts to be facts. Why would you consider mine to be? 

On this forum if we don't say it's an opinion we are required to provide proof, ergo if you don't say it's opinion I have to assume you mean it as a fact.

[scottiejohn]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

On this forum if we don't say it's an opinion we are required to provide proof, ergo if you don't say it's opinion I have to assume you mean it as a fact.

Is that your opinion or a fact?

 

PS'  This is a question!

Edited 5 hours ago by scottiejohn

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Seems like a good idea to me.

I hope his next project is to complete the wall and deport illegals.

How have you personally suffered from ‘illegal immigration’?

[mdr224]

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

How have you personally suffered from ‘illegal immigration’?

Better question you being from the UK how have british citizens quality of life been since opening up to migrants?

[Chomper Higgot]

Just now, mdr224 said:

Better question you being from the UK how have british citizens quality of life been since opening up to migrants?

It wasn’t an invitation for you to post your baseless imaginings.

 

 

 

[WDSmart]

I hope Trump loses and also hope that soon after that, he is LOCKED UP! 

[Thingamabob]

3 hours ago, mushroomdave said:

I wonder if executive orders written on prison-issued toilet paper are legal?

My goodness, we have an aspiring comedian in our midst....

[renaissanc]

1 hour ago, WDSmart said:

I hope Trump loses and also hope that soon after that, he is LOCKED UP! 

Comrade Kamala, Dementia Joe, and Hilary Clinton will be inviting you to their Christmas parties, I think.

[Wrwest]

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

In your opinion.

Our opinion ...

[Chomper Higgot]

Trump has said he’s going to be a dictator, as such he can do whatever he wishes.

 

It’s his ‘dictator’ promise that is the biggest threat.

 

 

[john donson]

back to the best candidate for the job... not some woke ....

[frank83628]

 

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Trump has said he’s going to be a dictator, as such he can do whatever he wishes.

 

It’s his ‘dictator’ promise that is the biggest threat.

 

 

dictator for 1 day, and said in jest, but guess none of you can accept that

[Chomper Higgot]

2 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

 

dictator for 1 day, and said in jest, but guess none of you can accept that

I don’t accept dictator on any day.

[frank83628]

7 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I don’t accept dictator on any day.

you clearly didn't listen to what was actually said. 

[Chomper Higgot]

Just now, frank83628 said:

you clearly didn't listen to what was actually said. 

I absolutely did.

 

He promised to be a dictator.

 

Now, when was the last time a dictator voluntarily gave up their dictatorship?

[frank83628]

he was referring to the oil drilling and it was said in jest. 

you are rather foolish if you think otherwise.

 

did you also think 'bloodbath' was said in a literal sense?

 

 

[thaipo7]

7 hours ago, Tug said:

That’s our Donald just a bile filled ugly spoiled specimen of a man we are sick of it!

Are you really sure?  I think you are a secret supporter.  You have NO basis for your remarks.

[James105]

18 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I absolutely did.

 

He promised to be a dictator.

 

Now, when was the last time a dictator voluntarily gave up their dictatorship?

 

Removal of racist policies and not participating in the climate scam is hardly controversial.  Trump has been president before.   He is not president at the moment.   What does that tell you?   

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, James105 said:

 

Removal of racist policies and not participating in the climate scam is hardly controversial.  Trump has been president before.   He is not president at the moment.   What does that tell you?   

It tells me you don’t have a defense for his promise to be a dictator, and that you think I’ve forgotten his attempt to overthrow the election that removed him from power.

[spidermike007]

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

On this forum if we don't say it's an opinion we are required to provide proof, ergo if you don't say it's opinion I have to assume you mean it as a fact.

Irregardless of whether someone states something as fact, it is usually their opinion, and should be regarded as such. Facts are complicated things, as we know from Trump and his inner circle.