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Former president Donald Trump outlined a poignant vision for America during his inaugural campaign speech on Nov. 15, tackling topics including government corruption, public education, and national defense.
Speaking to a crowd of supporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday, Trump described a broad vision for the nation. Toward the end of his speech, the 45th president turned to a list of concrete policy proposals titled the “National Greatness Agenda.”
Trump has previously discussed a number of the items on the agenda, such as imposing term limits on members of Congress and building a missile shield. Other items appear to be entirely new, including a proposal to cut federal funding from public schools that teach critical race theory and gender ideology.
The former president said there will be “much more to come in the months ahead,” which appears to suggest that the list of promises will expand as his campaign builds momentum.Critical Race Theory and ‘Gender Insanity’
Under a broader umbrella of defending parental rights, Trump promised to cut federal funds from public schools teaching the quasi-Marxist critical race theory (CRT) and gender ideology.
CRT and so-called “gender education” sprang from the radical fringes of left-wing academia to become nearly omnipresent in American public schools. The proliferation of these and other liberal ideologies has triggered a grassroots national movement by conservative parents.
Trump has previously instituted a ban on CRT training for federal employees. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, rescinded the ban after taking office.
“When I’m in the White House, our schools will cease pushing critical race theory—as they were—radical civics, and gender insanity. Or if they do that, they will lose all federal funding. But we’ll get them to stop,” Trump said.Men in Women’s Sports
The former president raised the subject of males competing in female sports during his first public speech after leaving the White House in 2021. At the time, he said it was “crazy” to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports.
Eighteen states have enacted legislation prohibiting males from competing in female sports, according to the Movements Advancement Project. Idaho was the first state to enact a ban in March 2020. Nine other states, including Texas and Florida, followed suit in 2021.
“We will not let men, as an example, participate in women’s sports. Is that OK? No men. No men,” Trump said. “We’ve had tremendous, tremendous problems and it’s very unfair to women. Just very, very unfair.”COVID-19 Mandates
Trump promised to revoke President Joe Biden’s pandemic-related mandates and to rehire, with full back pay, the military service members who were fired from their jobs for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
A portion of Biden’s mandate regime has been struck down by the courts, but the requirement for federal employees and military members is still in place, affecting some 3.5 million people.
As of last month, 1,760 soldiers have been separated from the Army due to their refusal to take the vaccine. The Navy reported 1,893 separations.
“We will abolish every Biden COVID mandate and rehire every patriot who was fired from our military—with an apology and full back pay,” Trump said.Missile Shield
Trump has been pushing for an all-encompassing missile shield since his first term in office.
