Donald Trump to 'kick all 15,000 transgender soldiers out of the US Army'
metro.co.uk
'These people will be forced out at a time when the military can’t recruit enough people.'
  • Midnitte@beehaw.orgEnglish
    32·
    29 days ago

    Regardless of how many years they have served, trans troops would be given a special medical discharge that declares them unfit, insiders told The Times.

    Not only is this incredibly hateful, but also incredibly stupid (see below), but it’s also incredibly hilarious that the only apparent way for him to do so is to issue medical discharges - which means they’re eligible for military benefits such as GI Bill, the VA, and disability compensation. I hope someone fights this both to rule it unconstitional, but also to see if they can disability payments while still having this “medical issue”.

    One source told the newspaper: ‘These people will be forced out at a time when the military can’t recruit enough people.

    Jesus christ, what about hateful idiot.

    • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
      15·
      29 days ago

      The US was kicking gay and trans people out of the military that were translators. Languages that they were hurting to fill. They are literally hurting themselves, but I know they don’t care.

    • justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io
      13·
      29 days ago

      If you believe what Musk is saying, some of the things his “2 trillion savings” pretty much has to cut is VA, Disability benefits and Unemployment. Most of the rest of the budget is stuff that has forever been used to maintain false GOP support in poorer states.

      Of course, the lion’s share of that number is that his PAC Actually Said he would stop debt payments, which would immediately lead to a world catastrophe, also would need all of Congress and Senate to roll over and play dead so that number is hopefully complete bunk.

    • FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee
      7·
      29 days ago

      The dumb thing is that currently you can get gender affirming surgery in the military even if you’re trans. The VA only offers hormones and therapy to trans people.