After flooding the airwaves with transphobic advertisements and campaign pledges during the 2024 presidential race, President Donald Trump attacked transgender Americans and diversity, equity, and inclusion in a dark inaugural address at the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20.
“This week, I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life,” Trump said during his second inaugural speech. “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based. As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.”
