On Jan. 29, a midair collision over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport killed all 67 people aboard a Bombardier airliner and an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Without evidence, President Donald Trump blamed the tragedy on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, suggesting they had compromised the competence of Army pilots.

This was no isolated claim. On Jan. 21, his second day back in office, Trump fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan , the first woman to lead a military branch, at least in part for her “excessive focus” on DEI initiatives, which the Trump Administration deemed a waste of “resources” and distracting “attention from operational imperatives .” A month later, on Feb. 21, Air Force General Charles Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint

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