President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders his first day in office. His executive orders covered policies related to the economy, the border, gender ideology and more.
Below, we round up analysis from The Heritage Foundation’s policy experts on these executive orders. This article will be regularly updated to include new analysis.
DEI
Trump’s Executive Order ending Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the federal government, its contractors and grantees takes a necessary sledgehammer to these racist practices. Trump signed “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” in his first day in office, demonstrating the importance of the issue and fulfilling a campaign promise.
The private sector began to move away from the divisive DEI practices three years ago, but Biden’s federal apparatus had remained…