President Donald Trump is seeking to ban federal agencies from conducting cultural sensitivity training after claiming such anti-racist and equality programs are “divisive, anti-American propaganda.”

"It has come to the President's attention that agencies within the executive branch have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to date 'training' government workers to believe divisive, anti-American propaganda," the White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement.

According to the report, employees within the executive branch of the government have been attending meetings where they are told that "virtually all white people contribute to racism" or have to admit that they "benefit from racism."

In addition to defunding the cultural sensitivity trainings, the executive order directs the federal agencies to eradicate lessons on "critical race theory," ban discussions related to "white privilege" and stop suggesting "that the United States is an inherently racist or evil country."

The memo describes the trainings as "counter to the fundamental beliefs" of the country.

"We cannot accept our employees receiving training that seeks to undercut our core values as Americans and drive division within our workforce," the report stated. "The divisive, false, and demeaning propaganda of the critical race theory movement is contrary to all we stand for as Americans and should have no place in the Federal government."

The ban against cultural sensitivity trainings is the latest controversial measure coming from the Trump administration. Last month, the 74-year-old tried to implement a rule against international students, saying they would have to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online during the pandemic. But the president rescinded the bill after facing lawsuits from several universities, the Associated Press reported.

According to NPR, Trump took another unpopular step in July when he decided to stop accepting new applications for DACA, which protects immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children.

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