Bad decision on troop ban

Re: “Trump moves to bar transgender service members,” July 27

As a Vietnam veteran, I can't tell you how disgusted I am having a president who ducked the draft, ran down Sen. McCain saying he wasn't a hero because he got caught, and has stated he knows “more about ISIS than the generals do.”

It remains to be seen if he is even telling the truth about consulting with any of his generals on the issue. He's another one of those “patriots” who talk big but always manage to send someone in their place when it's time for the real fighting. There is not one transgender member of the military who is not more patriotic in thought and deed than our current president.

Martin Wauson Westminster

The irony is thicker than Trump's skull. That patriotic and loyal Americans who happen to be transgender are willing to serve and sacrifice for our country in the military stands in stark contrast to the cowardly failure of Trump to have done the same.

Kurt I. Muller Rancho Palos Verdes

I applaud President Trump for banning “transgenders” from serving in our military for the simple reason that if a person is confused about his sex, that is a psychological deficiency disqualifying one for military service. The military code of conduct punishes adulterers because it is immoral conduct. Why, then, these exemptions?

Greg V. Climaco Brea

I am greatly disturbed by Trump's tweet declaration that transgender soldiers are no longer welcome in our military. Brave men and women of all life stories are serving honorably and are putting themselves in harm's way — as I write this.

And many have died serving their country.

Trump acts like a flailing “Sun King” so besotted with himself, and flinging tweets out as if they were valid instruments of policy.

Who will he turn his tweeting fingers on next?

Laura Stickney Los Angeles