TRANSGENDERS BANNED FROM US ARMY

Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that transgender people will not be allowed to serve in the US military “in any capacity” any longer, reversing a 2016 order by the Barack Obama administration.

Trump made this announcement in a string of tweets, taking even the Pentagon by surprise.

“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow … Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming … ...victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” he tweeted.

There are an estimated 6,630 transgender individuals in active military service out of 1.3 million personnel, according to a 2016 study by the think tank Rand Corp.