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[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Cool unsourced/debunked fabrication from a literal tabloid, took me all of two minutes to find this, after looking for an actual source, when the OP-linked article didn't have one:

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-reported-transgender-military-plan-called-out-charity-1991052

Confirmation bias is a hell of a drug. For shame.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well I hope you're right. After reading your comment I went to check sources for this story on Ground News. The original source sense to be a paywalled article in The Times which I can't read. There are many other sources but they're not what you'd call top tier, and they may all be feeding off each other (see screenshot below). So yes, there seems to be hope that this is false.

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 3 weeks ago

That's a lot of hard to replace talent. I don't think anyone I'm the military will let him go through with this. How anyone can support this mong is beyond me.

[-] valek879@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

Not something anyone can stop if he chooses to go through with it. He is the commander of the armed forces. He can make sweeping policies like this that fuck up everything.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 weeks ago

He's already working on purging military leadership so only Trump loyalists are left. If he orders a purge of trans people it will happen. Everyone saying "he can't really do this" is still in living in hopeful dreams. Reality is that Trump will be in charge and surrounded by fanatical loyalists running all branches of government and the military. The dangers for his chosen scapegoats are real.

[-] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Blackjack and hookers.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean I support reducing the army. Can we kick out all cis men next?

[-] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Only if the base assumption is that they're all gay, and they only get kicked out if they tell us they're straight, otherwise we aren't asking.

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