Say what you want about President Trump, but the man knows how to play the media like a fiddle. He knows how they think and what they care about, and he uses it to his advantage. That’s what got him elected, and that’s how he continues to bedevil them day after day after day.
So here’s today’s news cycle, everybody:
After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
….Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
….victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
Is this a good policy? I don’t know. I tend to be of the opinion that if you want to serve your country, you should be able to. (See: Bill Hicks.) But if Bradley Manning is the poster child for transgender people in the military, they’ve got their work cut out for them.
Is it even a policy? Right now it’s just a series of tweets. Who knows what it means, if anything.
But it’ll sure whip the MSM into a frenzy. “Transphobia” is their new boogeyman. It’s the latest insult they sling at anybody who dares to disagree with them. So now they’ll scream at Trump about this instead of… whatever they were screaming at him about yesterday, I don’t even remember. And tomorrow, it’ll be something else. That’s how it works now. Just one “outrage” after another, until everybody grows numb to it.
Okay, everybody. Ready, set… SEETHE!!!
P.S.
so, biggest baddest most $$ military on earth cries about a few trans people but funds the F-35? sounds like cowardice #WeGotThis
— Chelsea E. Manning (@xychelsea) July 26, 2017
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) July 26, 2017