President Donald Trump on Tuesday night defended his recent decision to end critical race theory training in federal agencies, arguing that federal funds shouldn’t be used to teach what he described as “very bad” and “very sick” ideas.
When asked why he ended critical race theory and whether he believes that there is systemic racism in the United States, Trump told debate host Chris Wallace that he terminated such training because it is “racist” and that people who underwent the training complained about being asked to do things that were “absolutely insane.”
