Trump should cut off the woke National Academies

Published March 26, 2026 6:00am ET



President Donald Trump has moved aggressively to dismantle woke ideology in the federal government, but there is one holdout where our tax dollars are still funding the woke mind virus: contracts with America’s National Academies. It’s time for the president to cut them off.

Among his first acts back in office, Trump signed two executive orders to end diversity, equity, and inclusion policies across the federal government. He sent the Department of Government Efficiency into federal agencies to root out wasteful, fraudulent, and downright harmful spending and federal contracts. This effort was a historic success and shocked the Left by cutting off a massive amount of funding for their professional activist class. Last summer, Congress approved $10 billion in spending cuts recommended by DOGE.

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