Trump Announces Ban on Transgender People in US Military

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SpokenTruth said:

PieToast said:

I don't know if transgender people aren't as capable as other soldiers but I won't comment on that because Trump probably doesn't care about that either. He said it himself. He wants to lower medical expenses for the military and please his generals and military experts whoever they are.

My other theory is that because the US has military bases in many countries around the world, some of which are transphobic like the Middle East, he didn't want those countries upset by enlisting transgender people there. Maybe that's not the case because I've never heard of that ever happening and the Orange President does only care about the bottom line.

But his generals have all come out, as it were, against this.    As as for costs, we spend $85 million on erectile dysfunction medication in the military versus a little more $8 million on transgender specific care.

Don't get me wrong. His reasoning did sound a lot like BS to me. He can't outright say that transgender soldiers are inferior or that they dont want to send those soldiers to transphobic countries in military bases and conflict areas for political reasons or otherwise. There's is definitely a different motive other than just money and Trump put out this statements after speaking with his PR team.