Trump to Purge Military of Trans Members
According to Newsmax, President-elect Trump plans on purging the military of transgender members possibly as quickly as January 20th. During Trump's first term as president, transgender members were banned from the military in 2019 but President Joe Biden reinstated the policy of allowing transgender members to be a part of the military when he took office on January 20, 2021. The Times of London, citing defense department sources, that Trump plans to sign an executive order that would lead to the removal of all transgender members of the military. About 15,000 trans members would be medically discharged. During his first term, then President Trump prevented transgender members from joining the military, but those who were already in the military were allowed to keep their jobs.
This time, Trump's executive order is expected to oust the current transgender members of the military.
