Everyone in the U.S. military services just hailed the decision of President Donald Trump not allowing and transgender service member to use the armed forces' budget to have a sex operation or surgeries.
The President announced last 26 July in a series of tweets, that too much is at stake in the military’s current operations for it to be burdened by the medical costs of transgender people or the "disruption" he says transgender service members would cause.
At the press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked about how Trump’s policies would affect current transgender service members.
"That’s something that the Department of Defense and the White House will have to work together [on] as implementation takes place and is done so lawfully," Sanders said.
She did not provide any additional information when asked whether troops currently serving overseas in the Middle East would be immediately discharged and sent home.
Though President Trump’s announcement reflects the rumblings of many officers in the military not comfortable with the current policy.
Earlier this month, for instance, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced that there would be a six-month delay in implementing recruitment policies for transgender Americans so that military chiefs could determine how they would affect the force's "readiness or lethality."
Estimates vary concerning the transgender community’s presence in the military. The National Center for Transgender Equality estimates that more than 15,000 transgender individuals are currently serving in the military. But the RAND Corporation, a global policy think tank, puts the figure between 1,320 to 6,630.
Whatever the number of the transgender in the military service, one thing is certain, taxpayer's money will not be use to cater to their perverted sexual fantasies and horrid mutilation of their genitals.
The President announced last 26 July in a series of tweets, that too much is at stake in the military’s current operations for it to be burdened by the medical costs of transgender people or the "disruption" he says transgender service members would cause.
At the press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked about how Trump’s policies would affect current transgender service members.
"That’s something that the Department of Defense and the White House will have to work together [on] as implementation takes place and is done so lawfully," Sanders said.
She did not provide any additional information when asked whether troops currently serving overseas in the Middle East would be immediately discharged and sent home.
Though President Trump’s announcement reflects the rumblings of many officers in the military not comfortable with the current policy.
Earlier this month, for instance, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced that there would be a six-month delay in implementing recruitment policies for transgender Americans so that military chiefs could determine how they would affect the force's "readiness or lethality."
Estimates vary concerning the transgender community’s presence in the military. The National Center for Transgender Equality estimates that more than 15,000 transgender individuals are currently serving in the military. But the RAND Corporation, a global policy think tank, puts the figure between 1,320 to 6,630.
Whatever the number of the transgender in the military service, one thing is certain, taxpayer's money will not be use to cater to their perverted sexual fantasies and horrid mutilation of their genitals.