ONLINE FEEDBACK

The Aug. 2 story stating the “Coast Guard will not ‘break faith’ with transgender service members” set off a debate among readers of theday.com. “Now that all of our services have said they will not change their policy of including transsexuals can we just agree that Trump should just pound sand.”

— Jalo

“He has not issued an Executive Order yet. Only a Tweet.”

— Justin 0741

“So much for the chain of command.”

— Mr. Mac

“‘Break faith’ is pretty subjective. It may mean absolutely nothing. The reality is that (Adm. Paul Zukunft) will be shuffled into a promotion/reassignment, followed by retirement very soon.”

— Leo

“Leo-we’ll see. I predict the president will ‘clarify’ what his tweet really meant. In other words do what he has been doing all along, reverse himself when everyone tells him to pound sand (good one Jalo).”

— Donna B.

“56 retired generals and admirals came out against the ‘tweet’ on Tuesday. How did I miss that? We can ill afford to lose 11,000 trained personnel.”

— Concerned grandmother

“The original tweet said ‘after consultation with my generals and military experts...’ Based on the response from commanding officers serving in various military branches, the President consulted with no one before tweeting that dog whistle to his hard core supporters.”

— Thomas M. Moriarty

“A Tweet is not an order or policy”

— Dfwat

“‘Zukunft’s pledge could easily be construed as the opening salvo in a military-led push to prevent a total rollback.’ I believe that statement is called a ‘mutiny.’ Yes, no? If President Trump sends the paperwork down to remove these people from service then I think Adm. Zukunft’s position will become vacant and it will not be filled by a transgender sailor.”

— Longtime Mystic Resident