Trump’s Epic Anti-DEI Executive Order

This looks like an inflection point.

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., January 23, 2025.

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We’re only days into the Trump administration, and we can already identify one of his top five achievements.

With one carefully crafted act, the president initiated the end of DEI in the federal government and perhaps in the private sector and educational system, as well. It is a breathtakingly bold and wholly righteous move that could bring about a generational change. One way or the other, books will be written about the executive order, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.”

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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