It has long been clear that Donald Trump is a bigoted and racist piece of human excrement, but a memo leaked from a key Department of Defense agency proves that the twice-impeached Trump cannot even stand holidays that honor non-white people.
The memo was circulated inside the Defense Intelligence Agency and clearly states that personnel in the agency are to immediately suspend celebrating holidays for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Black History Month.
Journalist Ken Klippenstein obtained the memo and shared it on social media.
“The Agency is working internally and with the department to implement the Executive Orders, Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing and Initial Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions, dated January 20, 2025,” the memo reads. “DIA will pause all activities and events related to Agency Special Emphasis Programs effective immediately and until further notice. Additionally, Special Observances hosted throughout the year by the Command Element, Directorates and Special Offices are also paused.”
The memo even spells out specific holidays and the months they’re celebrated.
The memo lists at least one holiday or special commemoration for nearly every month: Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday in January, Black History Month in February, Women’s History Month in March, Holocaust Day/Days of Remembrance and Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, Pride and Juneteenth in June, Women’s Equality Day in August, National Hispanic Heritage Month in September and October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October, and National American Indian Heritage Month in November.
The pause won’t apply to federal holidays for Dr. King or Junteenth, the memo states, though it remains unclear if the ultimate goal is to rescind celebrations of those days, too.
On Monday, Trump signed an executive order ending all diversity programs in the U.S. military and included a full review of the policy on transgender troops and the ultimate goal of eliminating all mentions of race, gender, and sexual, orientation.
