The Obama administration issued a controversial directive allowing transgenders to openly serve in the military, including providing for sex change surgeries and hormone therapy.
The House recently voted down an amendment to deny funding for those controversial and costly procedures.
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
QUICK POLL: Do you support Trump’s ban on transgenders in the military?
Politico reports on the background of this decision:
House Republicans were planning to pass a spending bill stacked with his campaign promises, including money to build his border wall with Mexico.
But an internal House Republican fight over transgender troops was threatening to blow up the bill. And House GOP insiders feared they might not have the votes to pass the legislation because defense hawks wanted a ban on Pentagon-funded sex reassignment operations — something GOP leaders wouldn’t give them.
They turned to Trump, who didn’t hesitate.
Now, Politico is finding sources who say Trump went too far:
The president’s directive, of course, took the House issue a step beyond paying for gender reassignment surgery and other medical treatment. House Republicans were never debating expelling all transgender troops from the military.
“This is like someone told the White House to light a candle on the table and the WH set the whole table on fire,” said one senior House Republican aide. The source said that while GOP leaders asked the White House for help on the taxpayer matter specifically, they weren’t expecting — and got no heads up on — Trump’s far-reaching directive.
Some in Congress are threatening to pass legislation to overturn Trump’s decision, so these questions could all quickly become topics of debate again.
What do you think about Trump’s decision?
QUICK POLL: Do you support Trump’s ban on transgenders in the military?
If you take a closer look and notice the insignia on the uniforms, these people are either British or Canadian military personnel, not US.
The right decision by the president and the liberals did not understand why. To the liberals, it is now high time to avoid
Unnecessary spending that made a huge problem
maintaining the fed budgets. Join the military to
redo your sex organ? C’mon, wake up, don’t be a
crooked fellow. You are wasting taxpayers’s money.
Great job Mr President. Right on point. I myself wouldn’t want someone that doesn’t know what they are male or female the only genders!!!! Desided by the lord while u were in your mother’s womb holding a machine gun or making decisions. NO More Money for that. Not our tax dollars. Oh the swamp is not clean yet. And that is the problem !!!!!!!
Out, damned spot, out I say! They need to be gone… YESTERDAY!
AMEN!
We note the two male to female individuals in center of the photo, one Air Force and the other Army, men wearing skirts. Cannot change their DNA!
We note the two male to female individuals in center of the photo, one Air Force and the other Army, men wearing skirts. Cannot change their DNA!
The best president we have had EVER. He’s doing everything he can to get this country back on track that the leftists and liberals have RUINED. MAGA!!! GO TRUMP!!
Thank you Mr President,I’ve been behind you from the get go,
With a mental disorder, your not suppose to access to a firearm either.
You bet. Why should taxpayers have to shell out funds to pay for hormones and surgeries of someone who has decided he/she would rather be another gender? I don’t care if they serve the country in the military but no public funding for sex changes.
SPOT ON!!! JUST ANOTHER LIBERAL RUSE TO FORCE THE TAXPAYERS TO PAY THE HIGH COSTS OF THEIR….’RE-ASSIGNMENT SURGERIES’.
EXCELLENT DIRECTIVE from our PRESIDENT!!!!
Why cater to the evil agenda of liberal?? GOD is bringing USA Back to moral integrity!!
The left can go screw themselves! The vast majority of them have never, and will never serve in the US Military and know jackcrap about military readiness. The branches of our military have “always” disallowed people with certain health and mental issues from serving. Military Readiness is primary, and anything that hurts it is not acceptable. Gender Dysphoria absolutely qualifies as one of those issues, not to mention that taxpayer paid Defense money “should never” be spent on what is “absolutely” a personal and elective gender reassignment surgery that doesn’t even reduce the percentages of suicide in people suffering from Gender Dysphoria. President Trump absolutely did the correct thing…..he erred on the side of military readiness, which is “prime”!
Taxpayers should NEVER be told to pay for someones sex change. Those expenses are on the person not taxpayers.
I THINK THE MILITARY IS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE NOT A MEANS TO BE A “GIRLY” OR A” MANY” DIFFERENT FROM WHAT GOD CREATED YOU TO BE, IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE WHAT YOU ARE, THEN THE MILITARY IS NOT FOR YOU.
Only a decisive President like Trump suits the confused lots in America who are hesitant when faced with a choice between good and evil and ended up bowing, unreasonably, to evil under Obamacareless.
As with ‘every’ action Pres Trump takes–he faces massive resistance! If ‘transgenders’ want to ‘serve’ in the military–I personally, don’t care!! However, NO ‘special’ treatment should be provided and, certainly, NO SURGERIES!! If they want ‘surgery’ it comes out of their own pocket, along with ‘hormones’!! NOT out of the military budget! No ‘allowances’ are to be made during their training or their ‘service’—they should be treated just as ‘any other’ soldier!
Good Move, President Trump!
Donald Trump continues to surprise and please me.I voted for him as the lessor of two evils. I admire him now for this recent strong and wise decision and for honoring every one of his great campaign promises. He is a much better leader than I had hoped.
My thoughts exactly Mike!
The approved budget allocation for the military should be spent on military matters NOT on paying for operations to have mentally unbalanced “recruits” change their gender! The plot of the liberals to eliminate ALL morality and place themselves in the position of God has gone far enough! It was more than enough when Obama “repurposed” NASA to strive to better race relations around the world instead of pushing the boundaries of science and exploring space! If the liberals want to play KING OF THE MOUNTAIN, let them move to Europe where the anti-civilization groups they so admire are already well entrenched. They will be much happier there!