As our colleagues over at Jalapnik pointed out, Trump’s justification–that trans soldiers bring with them “tremendous medical costs and disruption”—is ironic given that just this weekend, he celebrated a ship that cost the Pentagon an extra $2.4 billion in unexpected costs, and the health costs for trans military is only estimated to be between $2.4 to $8.4 million.
In fact, there are a great many things American taxpayers are funding that cost more–often way more–than the minimal costs required to provide transition-related healthcare for transgender individuals serving in the military. Here are just some of them.
It’s almost as though money is not the actual point here.
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