Trump Admin Directs Federal Agencies to Start Firing DEI Staff

The Trump administration is accelerating its moves to dismantle DEI efforts by directing agencies to begin terminating DEI positions and staff.

The White House in Washington on Feb. 15, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Trump administration has accelerated its push to purge the federal government of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), with a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) directing all agencies to start firing DEI staff immediately.

The memo, released on Jan. 24 by OPM acting director Charles Ezell, provides new guidance to heads of federal agencies regarding President Donald Trump’s executive order on ending government DEI programs, which the president has deemed “radical and wasteful.”