President Donald Trump urged the military to abandon its support for neo-Marxist philosophy and promote the mortality and requirements needed to win wars in a series of executive orders signed on Monday evening.
” The United States government has a clear objective:  , to defend the American people and our country as the nation’s most destructive and powerful fighting force”, Trump wrote. The achievement of this philosophical mission necessitates a singular effort to cultivate the necessary warrior philosophy, and the pursuit of defense excellence may be constrained by democratic agendas or other ideologies that threaten unit cohesion.
Under the Biden administration, warfighting took a back seat to the advancement of so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” ( DEI ) ideology, which military specialists and veterans have argued hampers the force’s overall readiness.
Trump’s orders get to change this powerful by placing democracy at the vanguard of the Pentagon’s decision-making.
One order requires “every aspect of the Armed Forces]to] operate free from any choice based on race or intercourse” and the total military-wide reduction of DEI offices, plans, activities, and elements within the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security” with regard to the]U. S. Coast Guard ]”. Within 90 days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may launch an internal evaluation that includes “documents” and “actions taken in pursuit of DEI initiatives, including all cases of culture and gender bias, and routines designed to promote a contest- or sex-based interests system.”
The edict also prohibits U. S. military academies and schools from teaching “divisive” and “radical” theories such as critical race theory and gender ideology. The Defense Department and military are further barred from hiring “employees, contractors, or consultants to teach]such ] theories”.
The directive states that” the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall carefully review the leadership, curriculum, and instructors of the United States Service Academies and other defense academic institutions associated with their respective Departments to ensure alignment with this order.” Additionally, these institutions are required to demonstrate that America and its founding documents continue to be the most influential force for good in human history.
Another Trump order seeks to reinstate requirements for trans-identification service members in the military that Biden had previously rejected. Military experts have long highlighted the negative impact that authorizing Americans who identify as” transgender” to serve has on military readiness, much like with DEI use assessments.
Trump’s directive effectively requires Hegseth to revise the military’s policy on gender dysphoric individuals serving within 60 days the order’s implementation. It also directs the defense secretary to “promptly issue directives for DoD to end invented and identification-based pronoun usage…” and specifies that,” ]a ] bsent extraordinary operational necessity”, service members are prohibited from “us]ing ] or shar]ing ] sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated” for the opposite sex.
The president signed two more letters of authority on Monday night, one of which directs the Pentagon to create an” Iron Dome” missile defense system, akin to the one that Israel uses to defend its citizens from enemy attacks.
The other authorizes the reinstatement of service members who were expelled or drafted because of the Biden DOD’s Covid shot mandate. Those dismissed from the force as a result of the unscientific mandate are permitted to “revert to their former rank and receive full back pay, benefits, bonus payments, or compensation”.
Shawn Fleetwood is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington and a staff writer for The Federalist. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClear Health, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
