The Biden administration is facing yet another embarrassing reversal — and this time, it comes from inside the State Department itself. Under President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, hundreds of career employees are being compensated after an internal review exposed how Biden’s radical DEI policies blocked promotions, reduced pay, and punished workers for refusing to pledge loyalty to identity politics.
This marks one of the most aggressive rollbacks of Biden-era ideology yet.
Trump Team Uncovers Widespread Retaliation Under Biden’s DEI Rules
According to officials, an internal review found that nearly 300 State Department employees had been unfairly downgraded for not meeting Biden’s “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” mandates. These workers are now receiving:
- Pay increases
- Administrative promotions
- Letters of commendation
- Restitution for Biden-era discrimination
A senior official didn’t mince words: “The Trump administration is correcting the damage caused by Biden’s ideological agenda.”
This is a massive win for government workers who simply wanted to serve their country — not a political agenda.
Biden Required Ideological Loyalty Tests — Trump Replaces Them With Merit
During Biden’s presidency, promotion boards were instructed to label employees as low performers if they didn’t show enough enthusiasm for DEI initiatives or failed to “seek diversity in staff.”
Under President Trump, those mandates are gone.
The DEIA precept has been eliminated and replaced with a single, straightforward requirement:
Fidelity — loyalty to America’s mission, not political ideology.
Officials said Biden’s DEI standards “actively harmed” employees who didn’t want to inject politics into diplomacy or foreign service.
State Department Spokesperson Exposes Biden’s ‘Litmus Test’
Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott delivered the most devastating assessment of all:
“The Biden team forced federal workers through political loyalty tests, punishing qualified employees who didn’t play along.”
He added that Trump and Rubio are restoring fairness, excellence, professionalism, and merit — values that Biden replaced with political pressure.
This rollback is part of Trump’s broader federal government overhaul, fulfilling his promise to eliminate DEI-based hiring and bring back accountability and performance.
Biden’s Executive Order Was the Spark That Lit the Fire
The DEI wave didn’t happen by accident.
On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order instructing every federal agency to prioritize “advancing equity” — even at the expense of experience, qualifications, or performance.
Under Biden’s guidelines, State Department staff were judged on:
- How aggressively they pursued “inclusion”
- Whether they recruited “diverse teams”
- Their reaction to “noninclusive behavior”
- Whether they consulted “impacted staff” before decisions
These policies slowed decision-making, created confusion, and placed political ideology above mission readiness.
Trump’s Reforms Deliver Accountability — and Biden Isn’t Handling It Well
President Trump’s team has made it clear that the federal workforce will no longer be held hostage by political activism. The new merit-based system rewards:
- Experience
- Results
- Leadership
- Commitment to America
—not DEI statements or ideological pledges.
For the first time in years, long-time civil servants are being recognized for their actual work, not their willingness to follow the political trends of the moment.
And the Biden administration, according to insiders, is furious about losing control of the bureaucracy it tried so hard to reshape.
Bottom Line: Trump Restores Merit. Biden Loses Control. America Wins.
This move signals a fundamental shift back toward competence, fairness, and national interest — values deeply supported by older conservative voters.
President Trump promised to uproot Biden’s DEI-driven bureaucracy.
This reversal shows he’s doing exactly that.