Today in his Twitter Donald trump made a loud statement in respect of transgender people in the Armed forces of the United States. According to the President, medical bills transgender can be costly to the American army, which, he said, should focus on other cases.
After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
«After consulting with my generals and military experts, please keep in mind that the United States government will not allow or will not allow…»
….Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U. S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
«…transgender people in any capacity, to serve in the Armed forces of the United States. Our soldiers should be focused on a decisive and overwhelming…»
….victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
«…win and can’t be saddled with huge medical costs and interference which would entail a transgender in the army. Thank you.»
It is noteworthy that in the last year of the Obama presidency some restrictions for transgender people has been weakened, in particular, they were allowed to serve in the armed forces of the United States.
Already from October 2016 transgender people began to openly join the military, receive medical care, they have sex change surgery.
All this time , Pentagon officials were following the resolution of military service for this group can affect the effectiveness of the us armed forces, then to the July 2017 to make the final determination on this matter.
Last year the number of transgender people, who began to serve in the army, amounted to about 2,450 people. The total number of all military forces of the United States – about 1.3 million.
But with the coming to power of administration of the 45th President’s approach to the subject was radically changed. In June 2017, just a day before the deadline to upgrade the physical and medical standards of the Armed forces under the transgender, the new U.S. Secretary of defense James Matisse postponed the implementation plan for the adoption of transgender troops for another six months.
He justified his decision by the necessity for further studies and said that the delay “in no way presupposes the outcome.”
However, at this point it is unknown whether today’s tweets Donald trump’s announcement of his new presidential decree, and lie if he has on the table already prepared documents for the signature.
