During his first week in office, President Donald Trump has undoubtedly hit the ground running, fulfilling the promises that led to his resounding electoral victory.
Passing several executive orders and executive actions, Trump has made it very clear that he is angling to undo the damage caused by the Biden-Harris administration as rapidly as possible.
Not only in terms of mass illegal migration, but also in terms of deranged DEI policies.
Indeed, One of Trump’s key executive orders to date has been the “Executive Order on Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” order, which has long been desperately needed.
“Americans deserve a government committed to serving every person with equal dignity and respect, and to expending precious taxpayer resources only on making America great,” the executive order declared.
And that executive order has teeth, especially in terms of putting past DEI representatives in the Biden government – such as Pete Buttigieg.
Despite being a “white male” (the horror!), Buttigieg is gay and an apparent trendsetter in terms of paternity leave.
That meant he was appointed to be Transportation Secretary under the Biden-Harris administration, despite not having a clue about transportation.
And it showed – from derailed trains to questionable planes, American transportation became a whole lot less safe under the “lead” of Buttigieg.
And that may well be because, once again, Buttigieg put a big-time emphasis on DEI.
Competence?
Not so much.
Which is why the Trump White House has released yet another press release that is desperately need.
In a press release titled, “Donald J. Trump Ends DEI Madness and Restores Excellence and Safety within the Federal Aviation Administration,” Trump does exactly what the title suggests: He eliminates absurd DEI initiatives in the FAA.
“President Donald J. Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum terminating a Biden Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hiring policy that prioritized diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) over safety and efficiency,” the press release asserted.
About time.
“This Presidential Memorandum orders the Secretary of Transportation and FAA Administrator to immediately stop Biden DEI hiring programs and return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring,” the statement continued.
Without a doubt. Especially as such hiring practices severely endangered the American public.
As previously noted by the New York Post, the Buttigieg-led FAA placed an undoubted emphasis on “diversity” above all.
“Because diversity is so critical, FAA actively supports and engages in a variety of associations, programs, coalitions and initiatives to support and accommodate employees from diverse communities and backgrounds. Our people are our strength, and we take great care in investing in and valuing them as such,” the FAA brayed.
The FAA has a funny way of defining strength, and it surely does not take “great care” in the safety of the passengers it overseas.
Especially as the FAA apparently prioritizing hiring individuals with severe vision and hearing problems, as well as “severe intellectual disability” and “psychiatric disability.”
“Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring. They include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism,” the FAA blared.
Well then. That sounds like a recipe for serious safety … Not.
Given that insanity, it is no surprise that Trump has completely terminated rather frightening FAA hiring practices.
“President Trump is immediately terminating this illegal and dangerous program and requiring that all FAA hiring be based solely on ensuring the safety of airline passengers and overall job excellence,” the statement added.
Yes. Especially following several terrible accidents that could have resulted in total catastrophe.
“On January 11, 2023, two weeks after a major holiday airline crisis, an FAA system outage caused by employees missteps grounded all flights for the first time since 9/11, an illustration of the importance of FAA competence,” the statement detailed.
Yep. Biden’s “team” in a nutshell.
Thankfully, some pros have finally arrived to start undoing the mess left behind.
And it will take time …
Author: Ofelia Thornton