The new order on transgender troops does not impose an immediate ban, but directs the Pentagon to come up with a policy on their service in the armed forces based on military readiness.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon’s policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service. The order does not impose an immediate ban but directs the Pentagon to come up with a policy on their service in the armed forces based on military readiness.
Trump had tried to impose a ban on transgender troops during his first term, but it was tangled up in the courts for years before being overturned by former President Joe Biden shortly after he took office.
The back-and-forth pendulum swing between the Trump to Biden administrations has left in the balance the transgender men and women who have volunteered to serve their country.
The number of transgender troops is a tiny fraction of the 2.1 million in the military, even though it’s become an outsized rallying point for Trump’s second term and his Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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