Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth took to X on Tuesday to have fun his destruction of the Women, Peace, and Safety (WPS) program inside the Department of Defense. This “woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative,” as Hegseth described it, was a transparent distraction from the navy’s core process underneath Trump: “WAR-FIGHTING.”
The feminist globalists who managed to infiltrate the Pentagon with their Marxists agendas would certainly study their lesson now. “GOOD RIDDANCE WPS,” Hegseth wrote. There’s only one minor element Hegseth appears to be lacking: WPS was not a Biden-administration, woke-DEI Trojan Horse, however a program co-created by congressional Republicans and signed into regulation by President Donald Trump in 2017.
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In October 2017, Trump signed the Girls, Peace, and Safety Act into regulation. The act acknowledged that “the significant participation of girls in battle prevention and battle decision processes helps to advertise extra inclusive and democratic societies and is vital to the long-term stability of nations and areas.” The act made it the “coverage” of the US authorities to advertise the “participation of girls in all facets of abroad battle prevention, administration, and determination, and post-conflict reduction and restoration efforts, bolstered via diplomatic efforts and packages.”
The act handed with broad bipartisan help in Congress, and was sponsored and endorsed by present members of Trump’s Cupboard, including Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Maybe Hegseth could also be a bit of cautious of consulting the cCabinet group chat earlier than making main selections lately, however he most likely ought to have requested somebody about this earlier than pulling the metaphorical set off. That or, this administration is so excessive that even the insurance policies of the primary Trump administration are honest sport for the anti-”woke,” anti-women, anti-minority scrap yard.
Hegseth wrote Tuesday morning that he had “proudly” ended the regulation Trump signed, saying it “overburdens our commanders and troops.”
“WPS is a UNITED NATIONS program pushed by feminists and left-wing activists,” he added. “Politicians fawn over it; troops HATE it. DoD will hereby govt the minimal of WPS required by statute, and struggle to finish this system for our subsequent finances. GOOD RIDDANCE WPS!”
Throughout his confirmation process, Hegseth was grilled about previous statements indicating that he believed girls needs to be barred from serving in fight roles throughout the navy. Allegations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse additionally plagued the conformation course of.
Nonetheless, Hegseth is the present Secretary of Protection, and whereas he likes to tout “WAR-FIGHTING” as his major focus, his tenure up to now has been outlined by efforts to purge mentions of girls and minorities from the DoD’s websites, and by accident texting sensitive attack plans to journalists.
We’re fairly certain that when Trump mentioned on Monday that Hegseth would “get it together” in some unspecified time in the future, he most likely didn’t imply the loud and public repeal of a well-liked piece of laws he signed.
