transgender troops
In an unending attempt to completely undo the presidency of Barack Obama, Donald Trump is at it again. On Wednesday, King Donald announced plans to reverse Mr. Obama’s presidential order to permit transgender troops to serve in the US military.
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“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow … Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” Trump tweeted. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming … victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you,”
On the surface, Trump’s diss toward America’s transgender community appeared to be simple old-fashioned bigotry. However, in dealing with Donald Trump, it’s always smart to consider a hidden agenda.
Throwing an unexpected tantrum against transgender troops instantly benefitted Trump in 2 ways. First, it provided a thick piece of red meat for all the prejudiced conservatives who have been waiting for a messiah like Trump to come along and make their biased dreams come true. Second, it was just the hot-button issue to fool the American public (at least for a day or so) into talking about anything besides Russia, Jeff Sessions, and other Trump trouble.
The message here is clear: Do not be fooled. This transgender talk is all just a smokescreen.
Several conservative lawmakers lobbied the White House to prevent the Pentagon from having to pay for medical costs associated with gender confirmation. They never requested an outright ban. However, Trump and his cronies were hell-bent on finding a way to change the subject, so, they concocted a trans-ban from the idea of their lawmaker colleagues. Unfortunately, they forgot to first figure out what they’d say when asked how they intended to implement it. So, newly appointed White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was left attempting to provide a little political cover for her boss.
“The White House and Department of Defense [will] be working to figure out the logistics of how to “lawfully” deal with transgender troops who are already serving,” Huckabee-Sanders said.
Yeah, right.
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According to a 2016 study commissioned by the Department of Defense, an estimated 1,320 to 6,630 transgender people serve in the military. In fact, The Human Rights Campaign says the military is the “largest employer of transgender people in America.”
News of Trump’s transgender troops ban brought immediate pushback.
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who is also the ranking member of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee, called it a “discriminatory decision” and vowed to introduce legislation to overturn it.
Republican Sen. John McCain, who was once a prisoner of war and is now battling brain cancer, said in a statement: “Any American who meets current medical & readiness standards should be allowed to continue serving.”
I don’t care what gender or race or religion or frankly whatever you identify as. If you say I am willing to die to my protect my country and its people… you are ACES in my book. I stand with my LGBTQ brothers and sisters. #onelove – Angry Citizen
Still, do not be bamboozled by the man behind the curtain. The proposed transgender troops ban scored high among Trump misfits supporters. However, in the World of Trump, it was considered a home run that we didn’t spend Wednesday talking about Russia!
There’s just no end to the absurd buffoonery related to this farce of a presidency is there?…smh.
When this story broke yesterday, I immediately thought to myself – a 5-times draft dodging mental-midget wants to ban those who want to serve Our country from serving!?!
See: “Donald Trump’s Draft Deferments”
http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/02/donald-trumps-draft-deferments/
You can’t make this stuff up. You really can’t.
Cosign with the sentiment expressed by “Angry Citizen.”