Executive Orders Passed

​On Trump’s first day in office, he passed numerous executive orders.
-Ending Birthright Citizenship. This is a constitutional right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.
-Leaving the World Health Organization
-Renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America
-Renaming Mount Denali to Mount McKinley. This was previously changed by Obama in 2015
-Reclassifying many federal employees, and initiating a federal return to office for all teleworking
federal employees.
-Terminating all federal offices and positions relating to diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and
environmental justice within the federal department.
-Recognizing only two genders. Transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the
military.
-Pausing the TikTok ban for 75 days
-Rescinding 78 of Biden’s executive actions, including actions combating racial and sexual
discrimination, and environmental protections.
-Declaring a National Border Emergency and several other executive orders involving stopping
any migrants into the country, even for refuge.
-Pardoning the insurrectionists from January 6, 2021.
-Withdrawing from the Paris Climate agreement
-Restoring the Death Penalty, emphasizing capital crime by undocumented migrants and
murder of law enforcement.
-Emergency price relief including lower the cost of housing and expand housing supply, but
includes eliminating climate policies that “increase the cost of food and fuel”

For a complete list of Executive Orders:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/20/trump-executive-orders-list/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/tump-executive-orders-list

Other Executive Orders:
President Trump on January 21, 2025 issued an executive order that revoked and terminated many past acts that were focused on diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI). Trump has signed several Executive Orders in the past few days that directly attacked DEI programs in the federal government.

Included in this Order issued on 1/21/25 was Executive Order 12908 that was issued in 1994. This order was issued by President Bill Clinton. This Order stated that: “Its purpose is to focus federal attention on the environmental and human health effects of federal actions on minority and low-income populations with the goal of achieving environmental protection for all communities.”

Another was Executive Order 13583 issued by President Obama in 2011. This act sought to: “establish a coordinated Government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the Federal workforce”  Trump also revoked the Presidential Memorandum of 2016, also issued by Obama. This Memorandum served to support his previous Executive Order 13583 and several others. Included in this Memorandum was support in efforts to avoid discrimination in the federal government including: gender, race, ethnicity, disability status, veterans, sexual orientation and gender identity, and other demographic categories.

Arguably the most notable and relevant revocation was the 1965 Executive Order 11246 which was later amended into the Equal Employment Act in 1972, passed by Lyndon B Johnson. This act was passed to ensure equal opportunity employment in the Federal government. This included “race, creed, color, or national origin”. This served to give equal opportunity to women and people of color. 

Within Trump’s Executive Order, he orders the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs within the Department of Labor to cease promoting diversity, hiring contractors to promote affirmative action, and “allowing or encouraging Federal contractors and subcontractors to engage in workforce balancing based on race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion, or national origin.”

This starts at the top with the federal government, but he continues by encouraging private sectors to follow in these footsteps and get rid of the promotion of diversity, equality and inclusion. 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-illegal-discrimination-and-restoring-merit-based-opportunity/

https://www.archives.gov/files/federal-register/executive-orders/pdf/12908.pdf

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/08/18/executive-order-13583-establishing-coordinated-government-wide-initiativ

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/10/05/presidential-memorandum-promoting-diversity-and-inclusion-national

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lbj-execorder/

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