The 5 Facts that Rebut Trump's Claims about the Transgender Military Ban
President Donald Trump said on the 26th of July that transgender individuals could not serve in the military. "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow � transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military," Trump tweeted . "Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming � victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail," he continued in another tweet. [ The 10 Most Outrageous Military Experiments ] A few thousand transgender people currently serve in the military, according to a 2016 report from researchers at the RAND Corporation. In June, the Trump administration delayed making a decision on whether to allow new recruits who are transgender to join the military, according to The New York Times . Trump's announcement today goes against a policy enacted in June