Wayward Victorian said:

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CookieCrumbs said:

What I don't get is why President Trump is so concerned with 0.6% of the population potentially costing <1% of the military budget that <1% of the population serves in.

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Seriously_trippin said:

Our military leaders were not briefed on this and were super pissed off that he set a major policy without consulting anyone or even warning anyone. I think it's incredibly petty to think you are so much better as a person then a trans person it's absolutely sick. The navy seal is exactly right . No matter what your political belief he/she was still a hero,fought and risked his/her life everyday.

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CookieCrumbs said:

What I don't get is why President Trump is so concerned with 0.6% of the population potentially costing <1% of the military budget that <1% of the population serves in.

I mean of the 0.6% of trans people probably 1% or less serves in the military so we're talking, at most, a few thousand individuals. Likely a few hundred or less.


When he could and probably should be addressing the issue of why healthcare is so expensive anyway.



If his concern was primarily money and the difficulty of maintaining HRT while on duty he could have banned active transition, not transgender people as a whole.

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the_lucky_duck said:

Seriously_trippin said:

Our military leaders were not briefed on this and were super pissed off that he set a major policy without consulting anyone or even warning anyone. I think it's incredibly petty to think you are so much better as a person then a trans person it's absolutely sick. The navy seal is exactly right . No matter what your political belief he/she was still a hero,fought and risked his/her life everyday.

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Relevant: http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-top-u-s-general-tells-military-leaders-1501171360-htmlstory.html

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from article:

Quote:

In his tweets, Trump said he had decided to bar transgender troops because the military "cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail."

Experts said neither justification was accurate or fair since the expected medical costs were negligible and transgender troops have been openly serving for the past year without disruption.

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Clearly article was written by Barb
can't fool us with ur fake newz

liloldme said:

I think everyone should get the opportunity to be shot in the face while making less than minimum wage regardless of what they jerk off to..

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