It’s an achievement that could be considered another example of the Trump administration’s “promises made, promises kept” mantra. 

With their commitment to purging radical left-wing cultural indoctrination programs that have corroded the government, the presidential administration recently removed another government initiative from the Department of Homeland Security. During the last week of June, Secretary Kristi Noem terminated the deceptively named “Invent2Prevent,” a federal program that claimed to motivate high school and college students to develop ideas to prevent terrorism.

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However, a statement by the agency about the I2P program revealed its connections, and outright promotions, of encouraging students to embrace left-wing, agenda-driven ideals and principles. 

“Despite its high cost, the program accomplished very little towards its apparent mission: preventing terrorism,” read a release announcing Noem’s decision to cut the program. “Instead, it funneled taxpayer money into a highly politicized organization called ‘The Eradicate Hate Global Summit,’ which promoted DEI and LGBTQ ideology at K-12 schools.”

Additionally, the release claimed that funds were used to deceive and manipulate people at a young age. Specifically mentioned were programs that supposedly had benevolent objectives but were used as fronts for political messaging that focused on left-wing objectives such as DEI and radical gender ideology. 

“Under the guise of counter terrorism, this program used tax money on initiatives to foster ‘inclusive environments in schools,’ promote DEI, and expose grade school children to sexualized topics like LGBTQ issues,” noted the release.

And, operating under the assumption the assertion was accurate, terminating the program from DHS was an essential step in eradicating left-wing ideological bias and indoctrination in government agencies. More importantly, given that the program focused on children in high school and colleges, its removal was vital to ensuring generations of Americans aren’t inculcated with left-wing cultural and political values. Due to Noem’s decision, school-aged children will no longer be pawns in an ideological battle predicated on shaping children’s minds to think a certain way. 

“President Trump was given a mandate by the American people to eliminate wasteful government spending, and that is exactly what we are doing,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “This program was not only wasteful, it was also using public money to support an openly partisan and political organization. Politicized NGOs like Eradicate Hate have been siphoning away taxpayer dollars for far too long. We are ending the grift.”

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Furthermore, while the DHS press release touted taxpayer savings of $1,523,146.24 due to Noem’s decision to cut I2P, the real value comes from allowing children to develop ideas on their own without any manipulations or benevolent-sounding government-funded programs being weaponized to indoctrinate in schools, instead of educate. Noem’s decision might have saved taxpayers slightly over $1.5 million, but eliminating the brainwashing is even more valuable, and arguably priceless.

Many Americans were unaware of the influence the Democratic, left-wing political machine had on shaping young minds in this country. The Trump administration has done much to uncover that grift and those politically manipulative ploys. Noem deserves praise for eliminating this program and continuing her pursuit of purging similar initiatives from her agency.