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Trump Declares US Military Can’t Be 'Burdened' with Trans People

Trump tweeted his decision Wednesday, declaring the military "cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail."

Transgender individuals will no longer be allowed to serve in the US military "in any capacity," President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. The tweets are a seeming reversal of the Obama administration's decision last year to end the military's longstanding ban on allowing transgender people to serve openly. Continue reading on VICE News.