Trump’s Military Overhaul & Wall Street’s DeepSeek Disruption | 1.28.25
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President Trump is overhauling the U.S. military through sweeping executive action and out of the box appointments.
Here to discuss is Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo. So Amanda, Trump signed numerous executive orders on Monday addressing the military. Let's start with his order on trans-identifying military members. What does that order say?
Right. So building off of past declarations on gender, Trump signed an EO that directs the DOD to ban men from using or sharing sleeping, changing, and bathing facilities that are designated for females. And it also rescinds a Biden order that allowed other gender identity related accommodations, arguing that it hinders military readiness and other standards. Now, additionally, this EO stops taxpayer dollars from funding gender transitions, including surgeries for military members. This was actually happening under President Biden to the tune of millions of dollars. The Trump administration said that this applies to trans-identifying children of service members as well. Trump's order, on the whole, intends to emphasize that the military will have high fitness, health, and readiness standards that will ensure military members are able to deploy, fight, and win.
Now, Trump also addressed the thousands of troops that were forced out of the military over the COVID vaccine mandate. What did the president do there?
So under Biden, about 8,400 active and reserve service members were forced out of the military between 2021 and 2023 because they refused the COVID vax. Trump's executive order restores those troops' previous rank, and it gives them full back pay and benefits. This is a fulfillment of a Trump campaign promise, and it targets the last administration's recruitment crisis— After the vax mandate was rescinded by Biden, those who were forced out were allowed to reapply, but only 43 service members chose to do so.
Now, there was also an order signed on Monday that specifically targets DEI. Can you break down that order for us?
Yeah, that order eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives from the DOD. The order ends race and sex-based preferences by any branch of the military, the DOD, or DHS. It will also eliminate remaining DEI-related bureaucracy from those departments and order a review of the curricula from military service academies. Military recruitment goals were repeatedly missed during Biden's tenure, and many critics tied that to these DEI initiatives. Here's newly confirmed DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth addressing these issues during his confirmation hearing.
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