Gay combat veteran reveals why Trump's RIGHT to ban transgender troops

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : The move is part of a wider crackdown on 'gender insanity' in the federal government, according to officials.
61% : What this means is that you've got a lot of people sucking up taxpayer funds sitting in an office somewhere, maybe they're doing clerk work, but they are non-combat deployable.' A decorated Iraq War veteran, Rob Smith, has spoken out to defend President Donald Trump 's controversial decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military New Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has stated his mission is to restore a 'lethal' force For a military led by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whose mission is to restore a 'lethal' force, this issue strikes at the heart of operational readiness.
52% : Trump takes part in the review of troops during his inauguration ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol on Monday, January 20, 2025 The new directives not only ban transgender individuals from serving but also reverse policies allowing for gender-affirming care and accommodations within the armed forces.
51% : A new order will go even further and lay out standards regarding pronoun usage and gender identity.
41% : This is why Trump has signed, or is about to sign, the executive order banning transgender persons from the military,' he concluded.
26% : 'Trump just signed an executive order banning all transgender [people] in the military.
26% : And what I will tell you is that this is one of the most mentally unstable people I've ever dealt with in my entire life.' Trump had tried to impose a ban on transgender troops during his first term, but it was tangled up in the courts for years before being overturned by Biden shortly after he took office in 2021.

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