US government workers ordered to remove pronouns from emails [Video]

US government agency workers have been ordered to remove pronouns from their email signatures as part of Donald Trump’s crackdown on inclusivity. 

Shortly after taking office on 20 January, Trump ordered governmental diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) employees to take forced paid administrative leave. The move aimed to “end the onslaught of useless and overpaid DEI activists buried into the federal workforce”. 

Emails seen by CNN direct employees at agencies including the State Department, Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to remove pronouns from email signatures.

The emails also confirm that the move was being carried out to align with Trump’s “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth” executive order.