In his latest policy declaration to be made via tweet, President Trump announced this morning that transgender people will not be allowed “to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military”, citing a burden of “the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”

His entire series of tweets is below:

Trump’s announcement reverse’s the Obama administration decision that would have allowed transgender people to serve. The president tweeted that after consulting with “Generals and military experts,” the government “will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.”

“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 added. Last year, then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter cited a study by the RAND Corporation think tank saying there were about 2,500 transgender active-duty service members and 1,500 reserve transgender service members.
U.S. President Donald Trump tweets that transgender Americans will not be allowed to serve "in any capacity" in the United States Armed Forces.