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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House. This week on the pod,

we're doing something a little different, taking a look at some of the policies

and decisions President Trump has made in the first 100 days of his second term. Today, how the president

has used cultural issues to advance his agenda, promising to reshape American society in the process.

On the campaign trail, Trump railed against efforts in the federal government

to promote diversity. We will terminate every diversity, equity, and inclusion program across the

entire federal government. Argued that schools were promoting, in his words, gender ideology.

Can you imagine that your child leaves for school and comes home and their

gender has been changed? And that the federal government and military were too focused on what he

called a woke agenda. Desecrating our constitution and perverting our military, our military is becoming

woke. We defeated ISIS, and now it's becoming

woke. After coming back into office, Trump has made a number of moves to keep those promises

through executive actions and changes in policy. So today, let's talk about the Trump

administration's focus on cultural issues. Joining me is political correspondent Sarah McCammon and senior political editor and correspondent

Domenico Montanaro.

Hello.

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