Biden-era directive for diplomats to peddle DEI on foreign governments scrapped by State Department
EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump's State Department is dumping Biden-era guidelines that directed personnel to push a woke Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) agenda on foreign officials and governments."Under the...
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EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump's State Department is dumping Biden-era guidelines that directed personnel to push a woke Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) agenda on foreign officials and governments. "Under the Trump Administration, America’s diplomats are tasked with advocating for our national interests on the world stage — not demonstrating adherence to woke political dogmas ," State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott told Fox News Digital. Official Biden-era guideline documents obtained by Fox News Digital show the previous administration directing employees to peddle woke gibberish in high-level discussions and bilateral dialogue with foreign counterparts. COAST GUARD ENDING RACE-BASED ADMISSIONS FOR OFFICER COMMISSIONING PROGRAM UNDER TRUMP DEI CRACKDOWN "Do Front Offices routinely raise social inclusion, racial/gender equity, disability, and LGBTQI+ issues with high-level host country interlocutors, especially in countries where these issues are problematic, and are these issues included in bilateral dialogues, whenever appropriate?" the document asks. A Front Office is the immediate leadership and executive staff suite for a specific State Department bureau, directorate or office, which exist worldwide. The Biden guidelines weren't just suggestions. Under the previous president, the State Department considered how well personnel and staff had adopted the DEI policies in official reviews and considerations when it came to promoting an individual. Fox News Digital confirmed that those criteria no longer exist when assessing job performance at Trump's State Department. SENATE REPUBLICAN PUSHES MERIT-BASED MILITARY PROMOTIONS, TARGETS BIDEN-ERA DEI POLICIES Another section of the document discussed "allyship." "Do you speak up – in the moment – to support colleagues and try to help all understand when there might be bias that undermines inclusivity?" the document questions. "This includes actively working to break down not just race/eth…