The U.S. military, under the leadership of President Joe Biden, was grappling with a significant recruitment crisis. Biden's pro-LGBT ideology, which involved implementing artificial diversity, equity, and inclusion quotas for military duties, led to a situation where women were sometimes placed in roles they were physically incapable of performing.
This approach, critics argue, undermined the Army and other branches of the military.
However, the situation has seen a turnaround under President Donald Trump. Trump has dispensed with the DEI politics, put transgenders on notice, and through his War Secretary, Pete Hegseth, has confirmed that military personnel will be required to possess the physical strength and ability to perform their duties, which may include combat.
According to WND, a recent article in the Federalist described the situation as follows: Americas propaganda press have wound up with egg on their faces a few many times over the past several years. And that could not be truer than when it comes to the military recruitment crisis that helped define Joe Bidens failed presidency.
The Associated Press, part of the so-called "propaganda press," admitted that the U.S. Marine Corps had achieved its recruiting targets for the 2025 fiscal year. The achievement follows in the footsteps of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, all of which hit their FY2025 goals months ahead of schedule, the report said.
The Federalist article criticized the APs Konstantin Toropin for downplaying the Trump administrations turnaround of the Biden-era recruiting crisis. It accused him of blaming the crisis on 'complications from the COVID-19 pandemic, tight job markets and a growing generation of young Americans struggling to meet fitness and academic standards.'
The article also noted that Toropin omitted the fact that several military branches had lowered traditional standards for recruits under Biden.
The Federalist argued that Biden's message to patriotic Americans was clear from the start: Youre not welcome here. His focus on diversity and inclusion over lethality and efficiency allowed "Americas real adversaries" to expand their geopolitical footprints virtually unchallenged.
Trump and Hegseth have made it clear that failed leftist dogma has no place in the military, and that the primary focus should be on winning wars. Hegseth stated, No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship. No more division, distraction, or gender delusions. No more debris. As Ive said before and will say again, we are done with that s.
The Federalist article also pointed out that young men are not interested in joining a military led by a commander-in-chief who pushes racist DEI ideology, fires them for not taking an experimental shot, and shows apparent indifference to the loss of their comrades. They want leaders who love America as much as they do and will stand with them when their backs are against the wall.
Under Biden, the Army fell 15,000 short of its enlistment goal in 2022, and the next year, it brought in 50,000 recruits, well below its goal of 65,000. That year, the Navy and the Air Force also missed recruitment targets.
The military's recruitment crisis under Biden and its subsequent turnaround under Trump underscore the importance of leadership that prioritizes efficiency, lethality, and the physical capabilities of recruits over artificial diversity quotas. It also highlights the need for leaders who inspire confidence and loyalty in those who are willing to serve their nation in uniform.
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