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Trump Signs Executive Orders Restricting Transgender Troops, Ending Military DEI Practices

Jan 28, 2025 View Original Article
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    6% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    42% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -25% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "The President's guidance (lawful orders) is clear: No more DEI at [the Department of Defense].
52% : This order concerning gender identity and transgender individuals will apply to all branches of the U.S. military and the U.S. Coast Guard.
51% : According to the executive order "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness," the medical, surgical, and mental health constraints on "individuals with gender dysphoria," and pronouns that inaccurately reflect an individual's sex are inconsistent with U.S. government policy to "establish high standards for troop readiness, lethality, cohesion, honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity.
51% : A provision within the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act ordered an end to the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and the Department of Defense officially rescinded the policy in January 2023.
45% : " During his first term, Trump enacted similar policies that limited trans-identifying troops in the military.
43% : In its place, the Trump order requires the Department of Defense to update its medical standards regarding the readiness and deployability of its forces.
39% : According to a fact sheet for his second executive order, addressing DEI programs in the military, Trump will do away with DEI practices that result in "discriminatory race- or sex-based preferences by any element of the Armed Forces, the Department of Defense, or the Department of Homeland Security.
15% : Trump also announced an executive order reinstating U.S. troops who were involuntarily discharged for refusing a Biden-era mandate to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

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