Trump has issued a series of executive orders addressing three overarching goals: Meritocracy and non-discrimination, common sense definitions of 'sex' and respect for sex differences

Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders addressing three overarching goals: Meritocracy and non-discrimination instead of “equity” for favored groups.

This won’t be easy because the weeds of wokeism are deeply rooted in the Defense Department .

Defense Department officials replaced equal opportunity with outcome-based preferences favoring some demographic groups over others.

President Trump ’s executive actions will not be permanent unless Congress codifies them in law.

Congress should affirm four main principles: merit as the exclusive basis for personnel actions.

Three more principles should guide congressional action to eliminate wokeism in the military: Defund DEI and CRT in all DoD agencies.