Jul 26, 2017 Trump Announces That Trans People Will Be Banned From Military Service Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is banning transgender people from serving in the military “in any capacity.” Trump made the announcement on Twitter: Trump’s decision is a reversal of President Obama’s move to allow trans people to serve openly in the military. It also brings a planned Defense Department delay of that policy to an apparent halt. The Pentagon allegedly had no idea the announcement was coming. Studies have shown that the cost of letting trans people serve openly in the military would be extremely minimal. There are thousands of trans people estimated to already be serving in the military. The move is yet another refutation of Trump’s repeated pledges during his election campaign that he would support LGBTQ rights. Since taking office, he has stripped protections from trans children in schools, and his administration has openly courted anti-LGBTQ extremists. An administration official told Axios reporter Jonathan Swan that the ban was designed with electoral gain in mind: Trump’s announcement came on the 69th anniversary of President Truman’s order to desegregate the military.
Jul 26, 2017 In case you're curious of these "tremendous medical expense" here they are: Transgender related services cost an estimated $2.4 million - $8.4 million. The total cost of the department of defense's healthcare expenditures is $49.3 billion dollars. This is a minuscule amount that trump claims to be saving.
Jul 26, 2017 there are like a million and a half trans people in the country. at the absolute, absolute most, a quarter of those are the appropriate age for military service. the cost is negligible. i wonder how the rah-rah pro-military types convince themselves this isn't a needless politicization of the armed forces for domestic, electoral purposes.
Jul 26, 2017 i dont get what difference it makes, i wouldn't say im an "activist" or anything like that but if both men and women can serve why can't trans people serve.
Jul 26, 2017 I need my military to be worried about terrorists, not whether or not they should have a dong or not. Thanks DJ Trump
Jul 26, 2017 If a transgender person wants to serve their country, why stop them? I have the same argument with people who don't want women in the military.
Jul 26, 2017 https://psmag.com/news/allowing-openly-transgender-people-to-serve-in-the-armed-forces-is-a-win-win
Jul 26, 2017 I remember before the election how so many people were like "trump supports the LGBT community!" "He doesn't really care about social issues!" So much for that lol.
Jul 26, 2017 This really makes you wonder, why did 60% of vets vote for this guy? First his comments on John McCain and now this? Trump doesn't give a s--- about veterans.
Jul 26, 2017 I'd hazard a guess that 60% of veterans not caring about this wouldn't be far fetched. Conservatives are still hard pressed to admit these people are human at all.
Jul 26, 2017 Presidents have done much worse with electoral motives. Millions of people died under FDR's watch because he didn't want to directly go on the offensive against the Germans until he basically had no choice. He only held back because he was thinking about re-election. So this isn't a big deal IMO, but it's a useless move as well that'll only get backlash. Pretty dumb s---.
Jul 26, 2017 Garbage apologetics. Nothing is "that bad" if you compare it to the Holocaust or any number of other unrelated atrocities. Not to mention we're talking about the same guy currently trying to strip millions of healthcare to score a political victory. Trump is just every other s-----y politician without the tact. How dumb does your base have to be to buy into this s---.
