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Joint Chiefs: No modification of trans- policy until SecDef issues official guidance
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I think the same people that are mad today would be just as mad or madder. I've seen mostly a mixed reaction to this, LGBT issues are still very divisive.
People would still be fucking pissed
Transgender people in the military were initially approved by Obama's administration so it's hard to believe that would happen.
Imperfected
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There would probably be a slightly confused/muddled Republican outcry about how his actions are dishonoring American service members and veterans and reducing our wartime readiness at a pivotal time.
And just general uproar from Democrats.
The Last Wizard
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Youd see a lot of hypocrisy among the people who hate the lgbt community.
metalslimer
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This is still a shitshow for anyone who is trans. Anyone openly serving has been marked by the Trump as someone who they don't want. There is the chance that Trump just forgets this was something he even wanted to do though.
Imperfected
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More to the point, there's a chance he decides it's going to be actually difficult and decides he doesn't care enough, since most of the sources we have say it wasn't his idea to begin with so much as something he thought he could do in <5 minutes to win support for his own policy pushes.
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Netherscourge
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So which Generals did Trump confer with again?
Patton and Eisenhower?
Schwarzkopf?
Patton and Eisenhower?
Schwarzkopf?
There needs to be a formal process for policy, otherwise it's just the king musing "won't someone rid me of this transgender priest?" Tweets can't be it.
Like, if in front of the boy scouts Trump just started ranting, "great military, best military, we have the best troops, and do you remember those top-hats they wear? I love those top-hats," and then everyone in the military had to scramble around for top-hats.
Like, if in front of the boy scouts Trump just started ranting, "great military, best military, we have the best troops, and do you remember those top-hats they wear? I love those top-hats," and then everyone in the military had to scramble around for top-hats.
Whompa02
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I mean...fuck...
how nice of you guys...
Either Republicans would still not care or they'd hilariously show their hypocrisy?
Democrats would still be upset. It's not a football game to some.
Conciliator
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Someone will have to try to explain to trump why tweets are not legally binding presidential decrees
White house doesn't want to defend it or talk about it:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...rumps-ban-transgender-troops?cid=sm_fb_maddow
Trump fired something off without thinking, and once he is told he is actually going to have to do some work about it, he is going to drop it and pretend it never happened.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...rumps-ban-transgender-troops?cid=sm_fb_maddow
Trump fired something off without thinking, and once he is told he is actually going to have to do some work about it, he is going to drop it and pretend it never happened.
Dreadnought
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Liberal Generals defying my order! Military coup! Sad!
I'm fairly certain that was a jab at Trump. How they treat their personnel (at least in terms of who is or is not allowed to serve) is up to the president and the Sec Def, the Joint Chiefs of Staff really have limited input as far as that goes.
They're so fucking bad at this. They're so terrible at running this country. I'm not even making a Republican vs Democrat point here. They're just terrible at the job. Total incompetence, and complete lack of protocol and respect for our establishments and institutions. Guess that's what you get when you hire a bunch of egomaniacs with zero experience.
Every day Trump pisses off more people and loses valuable allies. It's just fumble after fumble after fumble. I can't help wondering where all this is headed. At some point, something's gotta give. Jesus, it's gonna be a mess.
Every day Trump pisses off more people and loses valuable allies. It's just fumble after fumble after fumble. I can't help wondering where all this is headed. At some point, something's gotta give. Jesus, it's gonna be a mess.
BassForever
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So essentially the punted this back and said "try doing this the proper way" hoping that their superiors can shut this down in talks with Trump so it doesn't happen?
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