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Where Trump’s Hands-Off Approach to Governing Does Not Apply

The following article by Benn Protess, Danielle Ivory and Steve Edier was posted on the New York Times website September 10, 2017:

Surrounded by religious leaders, President Trump signed an executive order in the Rose Garden in May that took aim at Obama-era regulations intended to protect gay people from discrimination and ensure that women have access to birth control. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

The Trump administration opened the door to allowing more firearms on federal lands. It scrubbed references to “L.G.B.T.Q. youth” from the description of a federal program for victims of sex trafficking. And, on the advice of religious leaders, it eliminated funding to international groups that provide abortion.

While these initiatives lacked the fanfare of some of President Trump’s high-profile proclamations — like his ban on transgender people in the military — they point to a fundamental repurposing of the federal bureaucracy to promote conservative social priorities.

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