Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
As when President Clinton made his attempt at an executive order before Don't ask Don't tell, President Trump will be advised that Congress sets the rules for the DoD. He's trying to change a rule, so Congress will be involved.
We'll have to wait and see. The rule being overturned was an executive rule made by Obama. Trump has the power to change that rule. When (and if) Congress weighs in and creates a LAW either allowing or disallowing transgenders, then Trump won't have the power to change it. Truman for example issued EO 9981 independent of Congress, which effectively desegregated the military,
And the notion that transgenders serving in the military is a civil rights issue as was blacks serving in the military is beyond absurd. This is a medical issue. There are many (dozens?) of medical conditions that preclude a person from serving in the military. Those are no more civil rights issues than this one. Further, transgenders have a very high suicide rate and many other mental health issues. Putting such people into a highly stressful combat environment is not a good thing for either the transgender person, or his/her/its/their fellow soldiers/comrades.
The military exists to kill people and blow stuff up (or threaten to do so), not to be a laboratory for social experiments.