Katrina Perry

Indeed, President Trump signed four executive orders which were focused on reshaping the US military. One of them was about developing an American Iron Dome, similar to the one used by Israel in the Middle East. But in terms of the ones that relate to gender, as the questioner has asked, they're

Indeed, President Trump signed four executive orders which were focused on reshaping the US military. One of them was about developing an American Iron Dome, similar to the one used by Israel in the Middle East. But in terms of the ones that relate to gender, as the questioner has asked, they're

He signed one banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the military, so-called DEI, and he's done similar things in other federal agencies over the past week. So that basically removes the use of race or sex-based preferences in the armed forces, something there'd been much debate over for a couple of years now, really, in terms of the US military and the debate around

He signed one banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the military, so-called DEI, and he's done similar things in other federal agencies over the past week. So that basically removes the use of race or sex-based preferences in the armed forces, something there'd been much debate over for a couple of years now, really, in terms of the US military and the debate around

comes up around readiness of the armed forces and capabilities and so on. Another executive order that he signed tasks officials in the military with coming up with a policy on transgender troops. Now, the action doesn't immediately ban transgender service members, which was something that President Trump did in his first term.

comes up around readiness of the armed forces and capabilities and so on. Another executive order that he signed tasks officials in the military with coming up with a policy on transgender troops. Now, the action doesn't immediately ban transgender service members, which was something that President Trump did in his first term.

But there's a lot of detail not in these executive orders as there are with many of President Trump's executive orders where he's ordering reviews or he's passing it back down to the agency or the department to kind of figure out as to how they'll be implemented. So in terms of transgender service members, there are 14,000 active military transgender service members at the moment.

But there's a lot of detail not in these executive orders as there are with many of President Trump's executive orders where he's ordering reviews or he's passing it back down to the agency or the department to kind of figure out as to how they'll be implemented. So in terms of transgender service members, there are 14,000 active military transgender service members at the moment.

It's about 0.8% of the entire force. So it's unclear whether this order would mean they can no longer be in certain jobs in the military, whether they have to be discharged totally. So as you can imagine, this is causing a lot of upset.

It's about 0.8% of the entire force. So it's unclear whether this order would mean they can no longer be in certain jobs in the military, whether they have to be discharged totally. So as you can imagine, this is causing a lot of upset.

Well, I would just say, first of all, that President Trump and his supporters do not see these moves as dismantling civil rights. They actually argue that it's a restoration of civil rights, that they say false equivalencies have been created by these DEI policies and issues.

Well, I would just say, first of all, that President Trump and his supporters do not see these moves as dismantling civil rights. They actually argue that it's a restoration of civil rights, that they say false equivalencies have been created by these DEI policies and issues.

If you read some of the executive orders, that's the language that's in there, that this is about restoring civil rights and restoring what he calls a meritocracy. I do think on the second part of that question, when Federico asks, you know, could this sort of spread into other countries as well.

If you read some of the executive orders, that's the language that's in there, that this is about restoring civil rights and restoring what he calls a meritocracy. I do think on the second part of that question, when Federico asks, you know, could this sort of spread into other countries as well.

I think there is a risk in that because whatever the United States does is often copied in other countries. And in particular, a lot of these big private sector companies, big multinationals obviously have operations in many other countries as well. And they tend to have broad sweeping policies that stretch across right around the world.

I think there is a risk in that because whatever the United States does is often copied in other countries. And in particular, a lot of these big private sector companies, big multinationals obviously have operations in many other countries as well. And they tend to have broad sweeping policies that stretch across right around the world.

But again, there's not a lot of detail in some of these executive orders as to whether some of the instructions from President Trump will result in the removal of people from office and what that means for their salary, what that means for their employment rights.

But again, there's not a lot of detail in some of these executive orders as to whether some of the instructions from President Trump will result in the removal of people from office and what that means for their salary, what that means for their employment rights.

And we've seen it come into force straight away with the couple of thousand Afghan refugees who had appointments, who had flights booked, who were ready to travel to the US. These are people who had helped out the US military in Afghanistan, many of whom their lives were now at risk under Taliban rule for having done that.

And we've seen it come into force straight away with the couple of thousand Afghan refugees who had appointments, who had flights booked, who were ready to travel to the US. These are people who had helped out the US military in Afghanistan, many of whom their lives were now at risk under Taliban rule for having done that.