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You don't become a she by wearing nails, long hair and makeup- nor do you become she by getting body parts exchanged. You can't change your entire body. Even if you changed everything the frame is still a he. You start with a he and you end with a he. \n\nNo trans person is signing up for cramps, menopause, premature gray, saggy breasts and a deflated stomach after childbearing. They want to wear heels and makeup and play dress up- so do the real women but many are busy juggling jobs, single parenthood, custody battles, managing budgets- all while trying to keep families glued together. Nobody is paying for them to get reconstructive surgery post childbearing so why do men who want to play dress up get to? I've met flat chested women that want or don't want larger breasts and insurance won't cover it but these clowns wanting to play dress up get it paid for? What a joke. Do you know WHY they get it paid for? Because the insurance companies identify them as men- if they were really identified as women than insurance won't cover it. Suck on that.

There is a mission to expose the media for the liars they are. Republicans have been urged to go after the media and other political enemies so hard and hurtfully that they will never do what they've done to the People of the United States again. Anti-transgender all the way.

First week and we’re going back to the same thought we’ve learned as a country and these networks all they do is divide the country by gaslighting us

As a combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, multiple times, I completely agree with the president’s anti-trans policy in the military. Soldiers have a hard enough job as it is much less stacking on some DEI nonsense. That’s only gonna take time away from their training and ultimately DEI is going to 100% negatively affect the mission and their safety. Of personally over a 10 year period served with a couple gay and lesbian Service members and never once was what they did in the privacy of their own bedroom ever an issue or counter to the mission but this new age woke DEI nonsense is completely counterproductive, dangerous, And disrespectful to the non-DEI service members. The simple act of picking an unqualified, military leader, who’s responsible for the care and lives solely on the gender, ethnicity, religion, or pronoun, and not on merit, experience, competency, or any of the other real requirements for a military leader is literally the most irresponsible, dangerous, and disrespectful thing you can do to the men and women who have literally dedicated their life for years in service of our country! There’s absolutely no excuse on this planet that would make it ok. Being a service member in combat is already the most stressful job on the planet, but to make them take their focus off of the immediate threat to focus on political correctness or someone’s magical mystery pronoun while trying to prioritize and mitigate threats and combat is the most asinine and literally dangerous Nonsense I’ve ever heard!??????

Jackass congress dude only has one eye,.....guess that means he lacks vision lol, As much as I'm against the idea of trans, I see MORE HUMANITY in this Service member, than any maga moron I've ever encountered

Don't call yourself an ally until you've served in the US military!

Ain't no surprise here ppl act they don't remember when blk ppl like myself were not accepted are given equal rights in the military world ?????? America is a trip when I say trip I mean some real ??, acting all surprised now as black people we've been had to get used to this being treated like third class citizens but I got some kleenexes for you cry babies?

Sorry but we want warriors who are badass. If you're on hormonal treatments or in process of transitioning, then you are not combat ready. If you've already transitioned and have been stable with your medication for a few years, then join. Until then, your a liability.

The LARGER problem is that recruitments are at the lowest they’ve ever been, and there’s been talk of bringing back the draft, requiring people to serve —- and our naval admiral, an old man wearing a dress and dating a bald, red lipstick who stole clothes at the White House, because that was their position, and it’s affecting recruitment. I would suggest suggest accept everyone, don’t ask don’t tell. This pilot you interviewed clearly great and wonderful, but let’s look at the larger picture. What makes public discourse are these rare exceptions, and public perception among young volunteer recruits is that you have to be trans to be in the military. PREFERENCE on the 0.0001% Class dismissed

Can someone please name the Trans Special Forces operator this person referenced? I’ve not heard of this.

Transition meds are heavy duty narcotics. Impossible to deploy these people. Most CANNOT meet the medical requirements. A high percentage end up on disability and stay on our dime for life. Totally unfair to the taxpayer and their fellow soldiers. I do not believe CNN here. I've read too many articles citing all the negatives of their treatments and outcomes. Sure there is undoubtedly some that thrive but, as a group, they are a large drain on the military.

She's more fit to serve in the military than any transphobe i've come across.

Why all of a sudden all these Venezuelan people coming to the USA? I’ve never seem so many people desperately coming in to our country like this. I feel bad but it’s waaayy to many of them

Every Spanish person I’ve ever met is an intelligent, hard working, decent person. I don’t understand why they can’t create awesome countries south of the border. Is is just the cartels or their governments? It seems like closing the border will cause the cartels to go broke and then people can get their country back.

So let me get this straight you've destroyed your own country's economy but now you want to come here and you are all supposed to do these great big wonderful things??? Yeah right the only thing that these people will do is work on ruining our economy next and if you haven't noticed lately our economy is bad enough without letting these clowns have a crack at it. Everybody down the list all of them that voted for Biden are responsible for this mess Joe Biden and all of his followers should be ashamed of themselves which is why he wanted to pardon all of his people because personally if I was the president everyone that helped that man do this would be held accountable

Poland warned them they're going to use live bullets. They've targeted Poland. So maybe America needs to take a tougher stand now. This is a forceful invasion - i.e. war.

Kiwis here I’ve got a question, what happens when they end up in America do they receive a welfare benefit or are they on their own once they get in?

My husband is from Turkey we've been going through the Immigration process for years it's not easy but we're doing it. I see my husband get up and work hard everyday. He's never gotten a handout so to see this is frustrating to the both of us!!!!!

Look what you’ve done Biden! You ruin your own country!

I've never understood their entitlement and brazen law breakers.\nWhen I was growing up, I remember Germans getting shot for leaving and the Iron Curtain would kill you for crossing

Forcibly entering our country they’ve been taking advantage of America for too long

Coming to see the comments, this is the closest I've come to watching CNN in years!

She definitely has a chip on her shoulders. Her Illegal relatives probably were doing better than her financially because they are not afraid to work and know how to save. I've seen it. I'm embarrassed for her.

I've never been so proud of my president let me rephrase that I've never ever ever been proud of any president except for now! President Trump we are so proud of you my man you are our president our president you are the man baby. Guess what I'm a fucking Democrat

Hmmm. We are seeing this because previously, this would've gone unnoticed, unchecked.

What makes them think they are entitled to be here? Or entitled to what we've worked hard for? Or that they should just go to the front of the line? Or to bankrupt our country by handing out free everything?\nGo home before you are caught. Come back legally. LEARN ENGLISH!

He should've just left. Ive worked delivery and if people harassed the drivers it was you can come pick it up...or if they were real a holes...your business is no longer welcome here

This is crazy. Do they think once they get here, they’ve arrived and everything will be alright.

Should've hit Columbia with 100% tariffs! All these Latin American countries thought they were being cute by emptying out their prisons & mental institutions! They should've thought that 1 through a bit more! The message is clear, Don't F with POTUS Donald J. Trump!

Canada gets it they’ve been in the Twilight Zone longer than our 4 yrs of Hell !

There is a real problem of names of people that have passed and there reputation used for an athlete like we wouldn't figure it there where not thornhills in the United States except my grandparents new weren't slave owners either I'm non racist how dare you spread the name out so much Kaleb thornhill Juan thornhill how dare you put these two as being athletes in thornhill city when the real ancestors downplayed insane real thornhills are athletes what a scam bow bow s mother was not a thornhill leave it crips and others stolen so much identity must be doing something right I've never encountered so jealousy and hate in my life we are real normal moving along in careers goals and ambitious well I'm sending I can't believe I have to do this insane amount stop hating when I do

I’ve been waiting for my husbands marriage visa for 14 months freezing the legal visa processes for Colombians who are married to a U.S. disabled veteran citizen born and raised in the Midwest is wrong. I pray the President restarts processing legal visas for this married to U.S. citizens \nI am not able to walk well and my only caregiver is my husband so I’m stuck in colombia until my husbands visa is approved. Most people here hate President Petro he has ruined the country and now he is ruining it more we can’t speak out against him but my husband and his family do not support the President of colombia and a ton don’t believe he actually won the election. Colombia has always been a close ally I hope the CIA and Delta Force can fix things in Colombia returning to Uribe and strong U.S. allies. Other countries aren’t U.S. friend but Colombians love the U.S. and please don’t punish the people for the actions of a terrible president who ruined the economy here and is only got 1 year left in office maybe the U.S. intel system and military can “handle” the problem of a president who doesn’t have the support of the people. All my neighbors love Trump.

Guys there aren’t many countries where you can just walk right in with no papers, passport, ID, work visa or something of the sort. America just let this go on for too long so it’s going to be hard now to change the tide. Should’ve happened forever ago and we wouldn’t have to turn so many desperate families away like this. It’s definitely sad to watch it go down though.

Stop whitewashing your wording. They are not undocumented migrants. They are illegal immigrants! I'm sorry that words hurt you guys and possibly the majority of your viewers but that's the truth! If someone wants to come here, I have no problem with that nor do the majority of Americans. This is an amazing nation. However, there are many legal ways to do it. I've served with several fellow Marines that did it the right (legal) way. And let's not forget, it's not only people from Central and South America that are pouring across that southern border. We've caught countless people on the terrorist watch list including people from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the like pouring across the border because they know how easy it is. Everyone is just mad because we finally have leadership that is doing something about it. And apparently, the libtards are either simply naive enough to think bad people would not come across the border and all those caravans are full of innocent women and children or they are trying to bring about the downfall and collapse of the United States. This is all simply ridiculous!

You guys are incorrect on what happens when the US raises tariffs on certain items from Colombia. Do you think American importers will continue to import highly tariffed commodities like bananas and coffee?! No they find other countries and other sources because consumers won’t pay 50% more on coffee and bananas. Guess what what Russia and North Korea are doing? ISOLATED to death on their economy. Russia isn’t doing well unlike what others may be thinking. They’re only doing barely enough because of their oil and coals, yet their oils aren’t traded high enough and look at North Korea it’s segregated. I’ve been to North Korea actually by accident and they live like 100 years ago, in deluded made up world far from reality. Look at Cuba. They are sanctioned by the U.S. and the rest of the developed countries. Who is going to lose by being highly tariffed?? Columbia. Not the U.S. You guys need one on one basic education on trading commodities.

Should’ve made it 50% tariffs!

What this man doesn't realise, is that he is pushing Latin American countries to the arms of China. In every sense. If Colombia cannot continue selling its products fairly, China will be more than glad to receive and to invest. Same for defense, if you've fallen out of favor and you need help, you will go to your second best option

I guess CNN missed the memo that the Colombian president rescinded his decision with lightening speed after the threats of tariffs and is actually aiding the efforts to deport it's citzens by supplying transportation. You should've waited till you got all the facts. You were too eager to spread propaganda. Smh

Tariffs only affect the consumer it’s call inflation incase you’ve been living in the moon and didn’t know

Venezuela must’ve emptied their prisons for sure!

Most high time for thousands of our U.S. military to be deployed to very actively help our Border Patrol secure our US/mexico Border absolutely 100%. Enough is way too much we've all had of illegals invading our space, our nation.

Now you americans realize that NOT EVERY ILEGAL IN USA WHO SPEAKS SPANISH IS MEXICAN?? Colombia is in southamerica! People from centralamerica (costa rica, panama, guatemala, honduras, el salvador) and southamerica (colombia, venezuela, peru, argentina, brasil, ecuador, etc) have always crossed the border ilegally, and you've always believed that they are mexicans just because they speak spanish ??

I’m not even mad at Trump only thing I agree with him on is immigration I stay in LA and I’ve been homeless for like three weeks I went to the LA mission they do not take single individuals they only take families that are illegal immigrants how is that fair Most of the people are from Venezuela and I know they need help but what about me a US citizen One of the ladies who work there Also was Telling me they are helping them with housing low income housing I’m like man

COLUMBIAN PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO TRUMP - I don’t like your oil, Trump. You are going to wipe out the human species because of greed. Maybe one day, over a glass of whiskey—which I accept despite my gastritis—we can talk frankly about this. But it’s difficult because you consider me an inferior race, and I am not. Nor is any Colombian. If you know someone who is stubborn, that’s me—period. You can try to carry out a coup with your economic strength and arrogance, like they did with Allende, but I will die in my law. I resisted torture, and I resist you. \n \nI don’t want slavers next to Colombia. We’ve already had many, and we freed ourselves. You may kill me, but I will survive in my people, who were here in the Americas long before yours. We are people of the winds, the mountains, the Caribbean Sea, and of freedom. You don’t like our freedom? Fine. I don’t shake hands with white slavers. I shake hands with the white libertarian heirs of Lincoln and the black and white farm boys of the USA—at whose graves I cried and prayed on a battlefield I reached after walking the mountains of Italian Tuscany and after being saved from COVID. They are the United States, and before them, I kneel. Before no one else. \n \nOverthrow me, President, and the Americas and humanity will respond. Your blockade does not scare me because Colombia, besides being a country of beauty, is the heart of the world. I know you love beauty, as I do. Do not disrespect it, or you will lose its sweetness. From today on, Colombia is open to the entire world with open arms. We are builders of freedom, life, and humanity. \n \nI am informed that you imposed a 50% tariff on the fruits of our human labor to enter the United States. I do the same. Let our people plant corn—which was discovered in Colombia—and feed the world. And so now, less than one week into this, I say: We will stand firm. We will resist. We will thrive. \n \nThe president of Colombia does not want a U.S. military plane in his country—and fair enough. Instead, he brings his people home in style, aboard his presidential plane. It’s a statement of dignity, independence, and pride. Colombia stands firm, choosing its own path and honoring its people with the respect they deserve.

We’ve got tent cities of homeless here .citizens. Born and raised here. Until that’s resolved nobody should get in .

will you ever repent to the truth or continue to walk in deception towards your own destruction...I ask one question is God deception no he is not you've been deceived you are cursed to your own fall no muslms will be in heaven all have denied and mocked the truth arrogantly you call God a lier you are cursed to your own fall 1 john 2:22 Matthew 24 I never knew you

Hey crazy cult base you do know we the people pay for tariffs , you people have no idea what you've done but you will soon !

We've been subsidizing the world for far too long and all we've gotten is disrespect and dependency certainly not gratitude

Thank you trump you've done more good for this country in 1 week than Biden, obama, bush, and clinton have done in their entire terms combined ?

You know what I liked about Biden's Open Door Policy? It didn't exist. Truth is Biden's administration deported more illegals than Trumps first one, and Obama deported more than the two combined, but you didn't hear about them, why? Because they didn't take Victory Laps, they didn't use fear and hate as a political tool. Biden and Obama ran a Professional Operation, it wasn't half-assed, sloppy, or ham-fisted. And do you know what half-assed and sloppy creates? It creates Mistakes and breeds Escalation, that's what scares me the most. We've already seen the mistakes, legal citizens picked up, sooner or later, and probably sooner, the Escalation will come, somebody will do something really stupid and blood will start to spill.