Hegseth said in a recent podcast interview, characterizing the inclusion of transgender individuals in the military as “pushing boundaries.”
Additionally, Hegseth said that since transgender military personnel depend on medical interventions, they are “not deployable.”
This is not the first time Trump has attacked military transgender personnel. Trump said on Twitter in 2017 that transgender people would no longer be permitted to serve while he was president.
The White House said at the time that there was “considerable risk to military effectiveness and lethality” in keeping soldiers who had a history of “gender dysphoria,”
Which might need extensive medical treatment. The military “cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption.
That transgender in the military would entail,” according to Trump, who defended the action. Prior to this change, the Obama administration permitted transgender people.
