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[soldat7]

That’s sick and twisted enough to be plausible, unfortunately.

 

[Speely]

This story never gets good. We are led by a fucking child.

 

[Gattsu25]

So the President just threw a minority group under the bus to get political points...

To the surprise of no one. He is a bigot. Always has been.

 

[Drkirby]

Best thing, it seems like he completely misunderstood what the Congressmen he was trying to win wanted. They wanted the Military's Health Care to not cover sex reassignment surgery. This actually just made it significantly harder for them.

 

[the_sun_king]

Using hate to fund hate


Please let this nightmare of a presidency end.

fuck

The sooner the better, please.

 

[Nikodemos]

This story never gets good. We are led by a fucking child.

No, sadly you are led by a penniless senile fucktard indebted to a giant mafia.

 

[Skinny Pete]

$6 million dollars? Really? Jesus Christ

 

[EGM1966]

Yup he used them like bargaining chips. A minority's rights and needs simply seen as something to barter with.

He probably thought the associated win for the wall and trying to snare Democrats in fighting for transgender rights made his move all the smarter.

Really awful behaviour for politicians representing supposedly a leading country for tolerance and equality.

Seems this ties back to the earlier move to try and block the surgery coverage to appease this group: trust Trump to take the "foot and mouth" route in response.

 

[rudger]

Wow, so this is something even GOP leaders don't want?

Yes. The GOP two weeks ago voted down a ban on gender reassignment surgery for trans troops. That was two weeks ago. They didn't even want to ban the surgery. No way they wanted to ban all transgender troops.

 

[LegendofJoe]

It's always a phobia for these people. Homophobia, Transphobia, Xenophobia, etc. Fear is a commodity they exploit for gain. Real leadership involves helping people to overcome fears, not trading in it to take advantage of them.

 

[Angelus Errare]

To the surprise of no one. He is a bigot. Always has been.

616th dimension chess, he actually loves minority groups. We just don't understand his end game. Punished Trump, MGS memes! Who could have predicted this!? Why dun we just give him chance!?

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

He is still serious with that wall? Jesus.

 

[sturgboski]

But lots of people said he's be better for the LGBTQ community than Hillary? Do you mean Trump and Jenner lied to me?

Or "both sides are the same."

Seriously, Trump and the Republicans are one of the worst terrorist groups out there.

 

[Exile20]

He is still serious with that wall? Jesus.

He is keeping his promise no one asked him to keep.

 

[ThaiGrocer]

He is keeping his promise no one asked him to keep.

It's for himself, for one thing. It would make a good re-election campaign piece.

 

[FStubbs]

He is keeping his promise no one asked him to keep.

His base wants that wall. It was the very issue that launched his candidacy.

 

[bionic77]

So the President just threw a minority group under the bus to get political points...

That's how he got elected.

That's what this country asked for.

We should not be surprised when he does what we elected him to do.

 

[digdug2k]

Best thing, it seems like he completely misunderstood what the Congressmen he was trying to win wanted. They wanted the Military's Health Care to not cover sex reassignment surgery. This actually just made it significantly harder for them.

The nice thing is, this goes so far it will probably just be overturned in the courts. Banning payments for the surgery would have been a tougher battle.

 

[Annubis]

Waste money on a useless wall and piss off millions or ban trans from the military and piss of millions...

Trump:

 

[Pandora012]

The DoD wastes money like crazy, but they won't use money for transgendered soldiers?

 

[Lightning_Roller]

Disgusting....just disgusting.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

"Tremendous cost."