Headline Roundup • November 25th, 2024
Trump Reportedly Plans to Remove Transgender Soldiers From Military
Summary from the AllSides News Team
President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order that will remove transgender members from the U.S. military, The Times of London (Center bias) reported.
The Details: The Times cited “defense sources” as its source. The order would also ban transgender people from joining the military, a policy that Trump enacted during his first term in office, but President Biden had repealed.
For Context: There are approximately 15,000 transgender U.S. servicemembers. The new order would be an escalation of this policy, as existing transgender servicemembers were allowed to remain at their posts during the first Trump administration.
How the Media Covered It: Since the initial report came from The Times, British sources were the first to pick up the story after it broke Sunday night. The Times’ report included perspectives critical of the reported decision and said Trump’s spokesperson declined to comment. Coverage from The Independent (Lean Left bias) and The Telegraph (Lean Right bias) reflected this imbalance as well.
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Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would remove transgender service members from the military as soon as his first day in office. The president-elect is reportedly preparing to issue an order following his inauguration on January 20 that would effectively ban trans people serving in the military — and then medically discharge the thousands of currently serving trans service members in the armed forces. In his first term in office, Trump declared that the US would no longer “accept or allow” trans people in the military,...
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Donald Trump is planning an executive order that would lead to the removal of all transgender members of the US military, defence sources say.
The order could come on his first day back in the White House, January 20. There are believed to be about 15,000 active service personnel who are transgender. They would be medically discharged, which would determine that they were unfit to serve.
It would also lead to a ban on trans people joining the military and would come at a time when almost all branches of...
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Donald Trump will remove all transgender members of the US military from their posts, according to reports. The president-elect will use an executive order to make the move and it could come as soon as his first day in office, The Times reported. It will lead to the dismissal of thousands of service personnel at a time when the US armed forces are struggling to meet recruitment targets. In his first term, Mr Trump banned transgender people from joining the US armed forces but those already in post were allowed...
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