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President Donald Trump targeted federal workers in an opening act aimed at exerting political control over a sprawling bureaucracy — putting federal diversity, equity and inclusion employees on leave, banning remote work and stripping employment protections from civil servants.
The moves, which came in rapid succession during Trump’s first 48 hours as president, seek to fulfill a campaign pledge and a rallying cry among conservatives to crack down on programs that they consider unnecessary and exclusionary. DEI, the acronym for diversity, equity and inclusion that Trump uses in a derisive way, has long been a focus for some of his senior advisers such as Stephen Miller, now his deputy chief of staff.