Trumps valuable blow to DEI, there was no Biden doctrine and other commentary

From the right: Trump’s Valuable Blow to DEIPresident Trump “wants to pivot from his predecessor’s obsession with racial differences, as do millions of Americans,” cheers The Wall Street Journal’s Jason L.Riley.

“Racial equity used to mean equal treatment regardless of race, but it’s become a progressive euphemism for group preferences.” Under Biden, “federal agencies were directed to ‘implement or increase the availability’ of diversity, equity and inclusion programs.” But Monday, “Trump announced that he would put a stop to these efforts” and “vowed to pursue race- and gender-neutral policies in his second term,” which he did by signing “an executive order that effectively reversed the Biden administration’s DEI directives.” “The evidence has been piling up that the country wants to move past race in ways that the political left continues to resist.”Foreign desk: There Was No ‘Biden Doctrine’The “Biden Doctrine” never existed, argues Ilan Berman at The Washington Times.Biden had no more than a “series of tactical responses to world events” that were “undermined by the White House’s fear of adverse consequences.” Biden “stopped short of giving Kyiv’s brave defenders the ability to turn the tables on Moscow.” During the Gaza war, he put “broad political pressure on the Israeli government,” delayed “the delivery of critical military aid” and sought “to limit Jerusalem’s war aims.” Don’t forget his “decidedly tepid” response to Iran-backed Houthi attacks.

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