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Trump's day isn't getting any better.
Well, the ban wasn't about preparedness, or medical costs.
It was simply a way to express disapproval of transgender people to make The Base happy.
Court blocks Trump's ban on transgender troops
WASHINGTON — A federal court on Monday blocked President Trump’s ban on transgender service members, preventing the Pentagon from overturning policies initiated by the Obama administration to allow transgender troops from serving openly.
The order in Washington by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly temporarily prevents to the Pentagon from enacting the ban that Trump announced by tweet in July.
The court found that the ban likely means the plaintiffs -- transgender troops some with decades or meritorious service – had their rights to due process violated.
In August, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced that transgender troops would be allowed to stay in the ranks while experts studied issues surrounding their service.
In 2016, the Pentagon rescinded its longstanding ban on service by transgender troops. The policy outlined how troops could receive medical treatment, including gender reassignment surgery. But on July 26, Trump surprised the Pentagon and tweeted that there was no room in the military for transgender troops and that the government would no longer pay for their treatment.
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The judge ruled that Trump's reasons for the ban "do not appear to be supported by any facts".
and, are
"not genuinely based on legitimate concerns regarding military effectiveness or budget constraints, but are instead driven by a desire to express disapproval of transgender people generally".
"Not Supported by any facts".
That could be the epitaph for the entire Trump Presidency!