Biden-era directive for diplomats to peddle DEI on foreign governments scrapped by State Department
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Trump's State Department junked Biden guidance that told diplomats to push DEIA and LGBTQI+ talking points in bilateral talks.
Summary
- Fox reported exclusively that the State Department is discarding Biden-era guidance directing personnel to push DEIA agendas on foreign officials.
- Documents had instructed diplomats to elevate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility and LGBTQI+ issues in high-level bilateral talks.
- Spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Trump-era diplomats are tasked with national interests, not demonstrating adherence to woke political dogmas.
- The scrap is part of a wider purge of Biden DEI instructions across foreign-policy channels.
- Allies and partners had been getting U.S. lectures on domestic social policy alongside core security talks.
Commentary
Embassies exist to advance American interests, not to grade foreign cabinets on DEI homework.
Japan and other allies need bases, energy, and China strategy. They do not need a rainbow PowerPoint before the real meeting starts.
Scrap the dogma. Keep the alliance work. USAID-style ideology export was never soft power; it was soft sabotage of seriousness.
Discussion
Should U.S. diplomats push DEI abroad?
foggy_bottom
National interest first. Identity liturgy second, which means never.
midwest_vet
Warfighters need partners. They do not need DEIA scorecards in the demarche.
campus_take
LGBTQI+ diplomacy is human rights. Restoring it is moral duty.
rule_first
Human rights advocacy is not the same as making DEI the bilateral agenda. State just drew the line.
tokyo_ally
We wanted China talks. We got culture war modules. Good riddance.
aid_fan
USAID and embassy DEI were the best American brand abroad.
docket_rat
That brand lost elections and distracted from ports, chips, and missiles.
border_dad
Same energy as open borders: ideology over enforcement of the actual mission.
press_clip
Fox printed the scrap order. Archive the Biden memos for the next fight.
night_shift
Keep the guidance dead. Measure diplomats by deals and deterrence.
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