Trump spent that month abolishing decades of diversity efforts throughout the federal government and beyond, removing many Black employees from the federal workforce, and leading a culture war on “woke” diversity, equity and inclusion policies he disparaged as “dangerous” and “immoral” race-based programs.

The ceremony, attended by hundreds of guests in the East Room, comes as the US president has pushed to eradicate diversity programs from the government, labeling DEI 'discrimination.' In the wake of his executive order,