John Furner, president and CEO of Walmart U.S., talks about the company's decision to scale back its DEI policies.

Walmart U.S. CEO and President John Furner said the retail giant would continue to "make the best decisions" it could for employees and customers to feel like they belong.

Walmart has joined a growing list of companies that are rolling back on their diversity, equity and inclusion policies and efforts. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson has more on the new changes.

Walmart joins a number of companies rolling back efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion - often under pressure from conservative influencers, and amid Donald Trump’s anti-woke return to power.

In October, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was planning to ban certain DEI initiatives if he won a second term in the White House. Trump's victory was interpreted by some as a rejection of the DEI and "woke" policies adopted by much of the corporate world over the past few years,