Trump announces ban on transgender individuals serving in military

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Optionpro007, Jul 26, 2017.

  1. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    Nice pic of Tramp there

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    #41     Jul 26, 2017
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  2. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Inside Trump’s snap decision to ban transgender troops
    A congressional fight over sex reassignment surgery threatened funding for his border wall.
    http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/26/trump-transgender-military-ban-behind-the-scenes-240990

    After a week sparring with his attorney general and steaming over the Russia investigation consuming his agenda, President Donald Trump was closing in on an important win.

    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. In the flash of a tweet, he announced that transgender troops would be banned altogether.

    Trump’s sudden decision was, in part, a last-ditch attempt to save a House proposal full of his campaign promises that was on the verge of defeat, numerous congressional and White House sources said.

    The president had always planned to scale back President Barack Obama-era policies welcoming such individuals in combat and greenlighting the military to pay for their medical treatment plans. But a behind-the-scenes GOP brawl threatening to tank a Pentagon funding increase and wall construction hastened Trump’s decision.

    Numerous House conservatives and defense hawks this week had threatened to derail their own legislation if it did not include a prohibition on Pentagon funding for gender reassignment surgeries, which they deem a waste of taxpayer money. But GOP leaders were caught in a pinch between those demands and moderate Republicans who felt the proposal was blatantly discriminatory.

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    #42     Jul 26, 2017
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  3. Tom B

    Tom B

    Well, that's the most truthful post you have ever made. Do you have the link?
     
    #43     Jul 26, 2017


  4. I believe that we have assurances on this issue from no less than The Joe Biden.


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    #44     Jul 26, 2017
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  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

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    #45     Jul 26, 2017
  6. Trump was in Military school for 5 years. When you join the military, your first term is only 4 years, so in effect, he did get more training...especially when you consider something like 75% of people quit the military after their first term.
     
    #46     Jul 26, 2017
  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Military school does not equal military. Military schools are where wealthy families send kids who can't behave.
     
    #47     Jul 26, 2017
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  8. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark


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    #48     Jul 26, 2017
  9. Trump never said he was in the military. He said he got more training, militarily. If you want to explain to everyone what training you get in the military that you don't get in military school, be my guest.
     
    #49     Jul 26, 2017
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    As someone who knows people who went to military school and whose children were placed in military school -- I find it very amusing that you think anyone gets any real military training in "military school". Military schools are all about instilling discipline in kids who don't behave.
     
    #50     Jul 26, 2017
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