Navy Secretary Breaks With Trump on Transgender Ban
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer is not siding with Trump on his outlandish transgender ban in the military.
Spencer said that “any patriot” should be allowed to serve.
“We will process and take direction of a policy that is developed by the [Defense] secretary [with] direction from the president and march out smartly,” Secretary Spencer told reporters Thursday night after visiting Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.
“On a fundamental basis, any patriot that wants to serve and meets all the requirements should be able to serve in our military.”
By discriminating against true patriots that have served our country, Trump said on Thursday that he thinks he’s “doing the military a great favor” by banning transgender troops.
“It’s been a very complicated issue for the military, it’s been a very confusing issue for the military, and I think I’m doing the military a great favor,” he said from his golf club in Bedminster, N.J.
Secretary Spencer isn’t the only one breaking from Trump.
Coast Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft has pledged not to “break faith” with his transgender service members.
