Desperately fatal detraction now afflicts Trump as his popularity craters and his campaign rhetoric approaches complete incoherence, taking GOP talking points from the RWNJ purity-wing of idiots like Steve King and Louis Gohmert.
The transgendered military or those interested in military service is still such a statistically small population that the absurdity of such executive action is designed to pander to RWNJs and their base, as well as foment media distraction from the now-clear treasonous and criminal collusion with Russians.
And then there’s the malevolence of trying to divide the left yet again (see Bernie-Bros for Trump)
There are even those on the left who have such transphobic discomfort, making what should be an inherent belief in inclusion and diversity so much lip service.
There is so much wrong with trying to divide the left by Trump appealing to that portion of the LGBT community that is alas, transphobic. You know who you TERFs and Milo-types are, especially in micro aggression, and especially when it comes to serving the nation. They’re even in DK, with probably the same fervor as the Trumpian implication that after barring entry to the military, all trans personnel will be purged.
More absurd is that such bars to military service are not included in terms of citizenship and resembles the idiocy of the segregated pre-Korean War military. And those who claim it’s a welfare scam need to examine what the GOP and Trump’s doing to the entire VA system especially in killing US health care.
A $600 billion military budget should be able to afford the $8 million annual price of trans medical care if it drops ordnance that costs that much for one explosion.
Obama’s Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced in June 2016 that transgender Americans would be allowed to serve openly in the military. Trump’s sudden reversal is not only a cheap ploy and an insult to transgender people already bravely serving, it’s also a security risk. This country needs every able-bodied person willing to defend her. America is at war in Iraq, Afghanistan, and numerous other hotspots around the globe. Every patriotic soldier counts.