The “leader” (and I use that term loosely) strikes again. In a series of tweets, Trump has announced another move to reverse the work of Obama:
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) July 26, 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) July 26, 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) July 26, 2017
Trump’s announcement came just over a year after former President Barack Obama’s then-Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, lifted a ban on transgender military service — a move that allowed active-duty troops to come out of the closet as transgender people.
In the year since the ban was repealed, roughly 250 service members have applied to change their gender in the military’s personnel system, Pentagon officials told the Associated Press in June.
This man will do anything, so long as it will reverse the work of our former president. I honestly just have no words.