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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took to X on Tuesday to celebrate his destruction of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) program within the Department of Defense. This “woke divisive/social justice/Biden initiative,” as Hegseth described it, was a clear distraction from the military’s core task under Trump: “WAR-FIGHTING.”
The feminist globalists who managed to infiltrate the Pentagon with their Marxists agendas would surely learn their lesson now. “GOOD RIDDANCE WPS,” Hegseth wrote. There’s just one minor detail Hegseth seems to be missing: WPS was not a Biden-administration, woke-DEI Trojan Horse, but a program co-created by congressional Republicans and signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017.
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In October 2017, Trump signed the Women, Peace, and Security Act into law. The act stated that “the meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention and conflict resolution processes helps to promote more inclusive and democratic societies and is critical to the long-term stability of countries and regions.” The act made it the “policy” of the United States government to promote the “participation of women in all aspects of overseas conflict prevention, management, and resolution, and post-conflict relief and recovery efforts, reinforced through diplomatic efforts and programs.”
The act passed with broad bipartisan support in Congress, and was sponsored and endorsed by current members of Trump’s Cabinet, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Perhaps Hegseth may be a little wary of consulting the Cabinet group chat before making major decisions these days, but he probably should have asked someone about this before pulling the metaphorical trigger. That or, this administration is so extreme that even the policies of the first Trump administration are fair game for the anti-”woke,” anti-women, anti-minority scrap yard.
Hegseth wrote Tuesday morning that he had “proudly” ended the law 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 executive the minimum of WPS required by statute, and fight to end the program for our next budget. GOOD RIDDANCE WPS!”
During his confirmation process, Hegseth was grilled about past statements indicating that he believed women should be barred from serving in combat roles within the military. Allegations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse also plagued the conformation process.
Nevertheless, Hegseth is the current Secretary of Defense, and while he likes to tout “WAR-FIGHTING” as his primary focus, his tenure so far has been defined by efforts to purge mentions of women and minorities from the DoD’s websites, and accidentally texting sensitive attack plans to journalists.
We’re pretty sure that when Trump said on Monday that Hegseth would “get it together” at some point, he probably didn’t mean the loud and public repeal of a popular piece of legislation he signed.
