DEI Firings
2025 January
2025-01-01 Trump fired Admiral Linda Fagan as part of the DEI agenda.
2025 February
2025-02-21 Trump fired Admiral Lisa Franchetti as part of the DEI agenda.
2025-02-21 Trump fired General Charles Q. Brown from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as part of the DEI agenda. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305288/trump-fires-chairman-joint-chiefs-of-staff-charles-brown-pentagon
2025-02-21 Trump fired General James Slife as part of his DEI initiative https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4074482/secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-statement-on-general-officer-nominations/
2025 May
2025-05-08 Trump had Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden fired on the 9th of her 10-year term as part of his DEI initiative. Carla Hayden received her termination by email from a low-level employee. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393737/carla-hayden-fired-library-of-congress-trump https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/carla-hayden-on-her-time-as-a-pioneering-librarian-of-congress-and-getting-fired-by-trump
2025 December
2025-12-03 Government workers challenged Trump’s DEI firing spree. https://www.law360.com/pulse/articles/2417550/former-gov-t-workers-challenge-trump-s-dei-firing-spree https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Fell-v.-Trump-Amended-Complaint-Jan.-12-2026.pdf
2026 March
2026-03-27 Pete Hegseth removed two Black and two female officers from a promotion list, and Chief of Staff Ricky Buria allegedly told Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll not to assign Major General Antoinette R. Gant command of the Military District of Washington because President Trump wouldn’t want to stand next to a Black female officer at events. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/hegseth-promotion-list.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/27/pete-hegseth-cuts-black-men-women-military-promotion-list https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/army-secretary-trump-black-female-officer-1235538305/ https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5804541-pete-hegseth-pentagon-promotion-list/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trump-did-not-want-to-stand-next-to-black-female-officers-at-military-events-claims-defence-staff-report/articleshow/129850686.cms https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-official-told-military-officer-132409515.html
2026 June
2026-06-02 Hegseth again struck several female and Black Navy officers from a promotion list. This list was released by the Pentagon May 22. He did this in March to the Army https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-blocks-promotion-navy-officers-1-star-rank/story?id=133498412 PAY WALL https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-blocks-eight-navy-senior-officer-promotions-aa536aa2 PAY WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/us/politics/hegseth-navy-promotion-list.html MARCH, ARMY: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/03/27/hegseth-reportedly-removes-2-black-2-female-army-officers-from-1-star-promotion-list/