Donald Trump in his own words - the year in racism and misogyny

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Donald Trump in his own words – the year in racism and misogyny
The president has increased the amount of invective he’s spewed against women and people of color

Melissa Hellmann
Mon 29 Dec 2025 06.00 EST


(Guardian) Donald Trump’s actions and incendiary remarks in the first year of his second presidential term have left many women, people of color and their allies in a tailspin.

Shortly after re-entering office, he released executive orders that attacked diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, and transgender rights. His January orders that called for an end to DEI and affirmative action led to thousands of cuts in the private and public sectors – and shake-ups within the journalism industry. One directive that banned access to gender-affirming care for youth under the age of 19 sent families into a flurry as they scrambled to ensure that their trans kids continued to receive treatment. Another executive order directed his vice-president, JD Vance, to prohibit federal spending on Smithsonian programs or exhibits that focused on race. He also worked to suppress Indigenous history by again changing the name of the mountain Denali in the Athabascan language to Mount McKinley. And his mass deportation operations have torn families apart.

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"And we just clean out that whole thing … I don’t know, something has to happen, but it’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished, and people are dying there, so I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing in a different location where I think they could maybe live in peace for a change.

– Suggesting Palestinian displacement onboard Air Force One, 25 January 2025

"Then it’s a group within the FAA – another story – determined that the workforce was too white, that they had concerted efforts to get the administration to change that and to change it immediately. This was in the Obama administration, just prior to my getting there. And we took care of African Americans, Hispanic Americans. We took care of everybody at levels that nobody has ever seen before. It’s one of the reasons I won. But they actually came out with a directive: too white. And we want the people that are competent.

– Speaking about the role of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the fatal American Airlines crash with a US army Black Hawk helicopter at a press briefing, 30 January 2025

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"The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third-rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.

– Truth Social, 26 November 2025, about a New York Times reporter .......................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/29/donald-trump-racism-dei-misogyny-2025-review