Trump Announces Ban on Transgender People in US Military

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d21lewis said:

pokoko said:

I feel like I need a hell of a lot more than just some Tweets to explain this decision, though.  What kind of information did he get from his Generals that indicated this wasn't working?  

The one point I do agree with is that the government should not be paying for medical treatment related to gender transition.

I'm willing to consider this from a logical standpoint but that's going to require supporting information.  Trump is going to have to explain this with clear language, statistics, and facts.

Edit:  Damn right, Mr. McCain.

“The president’s tweet this morning regarding transgender Americans in the military is yet another example of why major policy announcements should not be made via Twitter,” said Mr. McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/us/politics/trump-transgender-military.html

100% agree. He always does this shit and leaves it up to our imaginations to fill in the blanks. People say anything from "He's using this to distract us from ____" to " He's a genius fixing Obama's mess". For once, I'd love for him to go in depth and explain something! It's aggravating, really.

It feels like a sketch where Putin is laughing because the USA army has transgenders so Trump can't stand it and announce they are not allowed anymore.

Cost wise it is insane because the USA military spend +40 million $ on things like Viagra while the cost for transgenders is like 8 ish million?

I personally find it very sad, their are 18 countries in the world where it is possible to join the military as a transgender, and in all those countries including USA transgenders aswell got medals for amazing achievements.  I always thought it doesn't matter if you white/black/green/Male/Female/holebi/Transgender so long you met the Military standards you are welcome..