Trump to remove all trans people from US military ‘on day one’

Donald Trump is planning to reintroduce his ban on transgender people serving in the US military “on day one”.

That could mean as many as 15,000 people being discharged immediately after Trump takes office on 20 January, and being labelled “unfit” for their roles.

Trump’s first transgender military ban was first imposed in 2019 before being overturned by president Joe Biden in 2021. It prevented transgender people serving in the military, a policy which was described as “harmful” and “backwards”.  

Trump vowed to restore the legislation while campaigning for the presidency earlier this year. “I will ban the Department of Veterans Affairs from wasting a single cent to fund transgender surgeries or sex-change procedures,” he said.

“Those precious taxpayer dollars should be going to care for our veterans in need,

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