{"id":2644288,"date":"2026-08-13T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-state-department-axes-biden-era-initiative-that-sought-to-spread-dei-around-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:03:11","slug":"trump-state-department-axes-biden-era-initiative-that-sought-to-spread-dei-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-state-department-axes-biden-era-initiative-that-sought-to-spread-dei-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump State Department Axes Biden-Era Initiative That Sought to Spread DEI Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-state-department-axes-biden-era-initiative-that-sought-to-spread-dei-around-the-world%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2644288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-labels-jack-smiths-latest-court-action-as-pure-election-interference-6\/\" title=\"Trump Labels Jack Smith&#039;s Latest Court Action as &#039;Pure Election Interference\">content discusses recent<\/a> changes in U.S. foreign policy regarding the Department of state&#8217;s focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEI). Under the Trump administration, efforts to incorporate DEI into diplomatic activities were curtailed, emphasizing merit-based advancement and practical diplomatic skills. The Biden administration had previously directed diplomats to promote social inclusion and address issues like racial and gender equity with foreign governments, but these directives have now been rescinded. The updated policy prioritizes advancing U.S. interests internationally without pushing ideological DEI agendas. Furthermore, new regulations prohibit U.S. foreign aid from supporting or funding DEI-related activities and discriminatory ideology abroad, emphasizing a shift away from ideological mandates towards merit and human advancement goals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump administration reforms have ended efforts to turn the State Department into a DEI sales force.<\/p>\n<p>Biden-era guidelines that ordered diplomats to push a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies agenda on foreign governments have been scrapped, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-era-directive-diplomats-peddle-dei-foreign-governments-scrapped-state-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">\u201cUnder the Trump Administration, America\u2019s diplomats are tasked with advocating for our national interests on the world stage \u2014 not demonstrating adherence to woke political dogmas,\u201d State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State Department is implementing sweeping reforms to the Foreign Service to prioritize merit, refocus training on tangible diplomatic skills, and prepare our nation\u2019s diplomats to deliver America\u2019s answer to our most pressing challenges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden administration rules spoke of having State Department leaders \u201craise social inclusion, racial\/gender equity, disability, and LGBTQI+ issues with high-level host country interlocutors, especially in countries where these issues are problematic.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The previous administration\u2019s extreme DEI agenda imposed ideological litmus tests on government workers and robbed nearly 300 Foreign Service Officers of promotion opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Now the State Department is rewarding merit and providing restitution to those unjustly impacted.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of State (@StateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StateDept\/status\/1991261621835165969?\">November 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Under former President Joe Biden, DEI advocacy was a criterion for promotion. It is not so now.<\/p>\n<p>State Department guidelines called for diplomats to be \u201cactively working to break down not just race\/ethnicity\/gender\/LGBTQI+\/disability biases, but also bias among the civil service and foreign service, U.S. direct hires and contracting colleagues, and within foreign service cones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staff were also ordered to spend their own time wallowing in DEI instruction instead of \u201cdepending on others \u2014 particularly others from historically marginalized groups\u201d to help them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden-era directive for diplomats to peddle DEI on foreign governments scrapped by State Department<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/emvfT63bTS\">https:\/\/t.co\/emvfT63bTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressSec\/status\/2087881564550049794?\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The reforms are part of the Trump administration\u2019s effort to correct the course of the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>A Federal Register notice from the State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2026\/01\/27\/2026-01517\/combating-discriminatory-equity-ideology-in-foreign-assistance-rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> in January noted that in its grants and other forms of assistance, the department would not support woke ideology, writing that assistance must \u201calign with State Department policies opposing gender ideology, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-the-highlights-from-linda-mcmahons-hearing\/\" title=\"Here Are The Highlights From Linda McMahon&#039;s Hearing\">discriminatory equity ideology<\/a>, unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, and abortion as a method of family planning overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder previous administrations, U.S. foreign assistance was abused to fund discriminatory diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and similar ideologies that promoted corrosive identity politics rather than alleviating poverty or promoting human flourishing and prosperity,\u201d the document said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ideology, referred to in this rule as discriminatory equity ideology, treats individuals as members of preferred or disfavored groups, rather than as individuals, and minimizes agency, merit, and capability in favor of generalizations,\u201d the document added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe promotion abroad of radical DEI activities and the ideology of discriminatory equity ideology that undergirds it, undermines the wellbeing and flourishing of foreign nations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-legislation-targets-social-media-platforms-that-allow-terrorist-accounts\/\" title=\"House Legislation Targets Social Media Platforms That Allow Terrorist Accounts\">promote radical ideologies<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The document said any entity receiving U.S. funds cannot use it to support DEI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the purpose of this rule to end taxpayer support for radical discriminatory equity ideology, directly or indirectly, and to end all forms of unlawful DEI-related discrimination by recipients of foreign assistance, and thereby to unwind efforts of the prior administration, and of nongovernmental and international organizations, that have integrated and encouraged discrimination and discriminatory equity ideology in foreign assistance programs,\u201d the document said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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