The phrase "affirmative action" and much of the executive order Trump is repealing, itself built on one signed by Johnson's predecessor John F. Kennedy in March 1961, which asked government contractors to "take affirmative action" to insure employees and applicants were treated "without regard to their race, creed, color or national origin."

Shortly after taking office, President Trump issued 11 executive orders cracking down on illegal immigration. The orders target what he sees as an invasion at the southern border and significantly alter how the U.

Inaugural address included a vow to end efforts to "socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life."

One of President Donald Trump's executive orders offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people