Trump's policy-by-tweet banning transgender people from serving in the military, which surprised even the Pentagon, is one more example of his disdain. What are the tens of thousands of transgender members now faithfully serving to think? What will happen to them?
From Trump's speech on the way forward in Afghanistan.
Trump: The soldier understands what we as a nation too often forget, that a wound inflicted upon a single member of our community is a wound inflicted upon us all.
(Especially when the wound is inflicted by the president)
Trump: When we open our hearts to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice, no place for bigotry and no tolerance for hate.
(Except for transgender people)
Trump: Our actions, and in months to come, all of them will honor the sacrifice of every fallen hero, every family who lost a loved one, and every wounded warrior who shed their blood in defense of our great nation.
(Except for Capt. Humayan Khan and his family and wounded warriors in VoteVets)
Trump: We will push onward to victory with power in our hearts, courage in our souls, and everlasting pride in each and every one of you.
(Who do you mean "we", Mr President?)
I could go on and on about Trump's nothing speech, delivered in prime TV time, but I won't. I simply want to make my point about his lack of respect for those who serve or who have served in the military.
As far as I can tell, the purpose of the speech was to distract from the fallout from Trump's words about the "very fine people" in the neo-Nazi, white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Mueller's Russian investigation, and various other "challenges" that the president faces.
