[HOLY S**T!] Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military

[Shaolin Sword]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.11b12bbd7e44

After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 26 July 2017

....Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 26 July 2017

....victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 26 July 2017

[Shaolin Sword]

The President, who dodged the draft, is saying that brave people who donned the uniform to serve the nation are a burden.

— Anirvan Ghosh (@anirvanghosh) 26 July 2017

[Szef]

This will cause a **** storm.

US has a very pragmatic president, good for them.

[GhostofDempsey]

Good for him, the military is not a place for social experiments and PC agendas. It's not like he was ever going to win over the gay vote anyway.

[1bad65]

I saw this earlier.

Great news. The military is not there to be a social experiment or to be PC. Their jobs is to fight and win wars, and protect the nation. If the people running it, like General Mattis, support this ban then it's the correct decision.


EDIT: I posted just as Dempsey did. Funny we used the same terms.

[NYG]

Can't be too upset with this. Military is about one thing, protection. No time for anything else

[WarVeteranO01]

Good, troops already have to many distractions, no need for more.

[BostonGuy]

So if you're transgender need not apply to the military? Sounds like discrimination to me...

[NYG]

So if you're transgender need not apply to the military? Sounds like discrimination to me...

Why should they?

[BrometheusBob.]

Aka what can I do to rile people up and get them to stop talking about Healthcare and Jeff Sessions.

Smart move, Mr. Trump. The media is all up on this transgender ban now. And the Trumpkins are parroting back his empty statements about distractions and efficiency, and the usual shpeel about PC or whatever, w/o feeling the need to back those statements up with any substance.

Yes, it's blatant discrimination but far from the most important dumb thing Trump is up to lately.