Donald Trump's Team Dismisses Transgender Military Ban Plan
Donald Trump's transition team has dismissed a report that he plans to remove all transgender people from serving in the U.S.
military.U.K. newspaper The Times reported on Monday, citing unnamed defense sources, that Trump was considering an executive order that would lead to around 15,000 active transgender service members being medically discharged.
The order would also ban transgender people from joining the military.During Trump's first term, he prevented trans people from joining the military, but allowed those already serving to continue.Trump's transition team denied that any decisions on the issue had been made.
Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told Newsweek that the unnamed sources "are speculating and have no idea what they are actually talking about.""No decisions on this issue have been made.
