Trump Bans LGBT From US Military
President of the United States of
America, Donald Trump, on Wednesday announced that his government will no
longer permit transgender individuals to serve in the US military.
The president said this in a
series of tweets on Wednesday, adding that the decision is coming after due
consultation with the countries military Generals and experts.
According to him, “After
consultation with my Generals and military experts please be advised that the
United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to
serve in any capacity in the US Military.
Former Defence Secretary, Ash
Carter had a year ago, announced a lift on the Pentagon’s ban on transgender
people serving openly.
Trump’s latest announcement said
the military, “cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and
disruption that transgender in the military would entail.
“Transgender individuals to serve
in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive
and overwhelming.”
Trump campaigned heavily for LGBT
support during the campaign, promising, “to fight for you while Hillary brings
in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs.”
”Thank you to the LGBT community!
I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten
your freedoms and beliefs,” he had said.
Trump also opposed North
Carolina’s law, forcing transgender people to use the bathroom that matches their
gender assigned at birth during his campaign, saying the law should have been
left the way it was. Below is a tweet of Trump concerning stance on the LGBT serving in the US military.
He said in a tweet: ‘After consultation with my Generals and military
experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not
accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the
U.S. Military.
‘Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you.’
There are around 250 actively serving transgender troopers in the US military.
‘Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you.’
There are around 250 actively serving transgender troopers in the US military.
Donald J. Trump
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