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Such a joke. There are 2 genders man and women. Get over it!

No place in the military for this garbage. Women serving are fantastic. My wife is a Navy Chief. She maintains that women can do any job male Sailors do AS LONG AS STANDARDS ARE MET AND NOT LOWERED. Trans means a person is more concerned in themselves than the team. Putting yourself above the team is 100% unacceptable

The first women to speak is also complaining about the temperature in the U.S.. You know where the weather is great? Central America.

I totally agree with trump on this one. Kick them out of the military. Kick out women and weirdos too.

they didnt want black people serving, women, gay ppl, and now trans ppl. this doesnt help anyone. this doesnt make groceries affordable. all this does is make weirdos on the internet happy.

We need real men and women serving this country, not people about their gender and feelings. Take your non sense somewhere else, Kaitlyn Jenner’s attention seeking is waiting for friends

This person was born a man and tried to change to a women. HE should be able to do what he wants in his personal life but not in the military. To actually go out and try to force your body to change to a women from man is not normal.

Did you see all those women and children?... Yeah me neither ?????

How is it that MAGA is considered manly when they behave like whimps and fear women in combat? Maga is caveman.

The people voted Trump \nHaving men who think they are women\nAnd women thinking they are a man \nIs not acceptable to Trump\nServing in the military\nAnd thats that

Drain the S.W.A.M.P: Sassy Women And Men Population ???

Come on Jesus this is wrong God Mande women and man

What does someone's genitals have to do with their ability to serve? Both men & women are able to serve. Why are trans people considered less than human? \n\nI don't understand why anyone would want to change their sex. It makes no sense to me. It's also not my business to judge any other person. They're not breaking the law or hurting anyone.

some good points.. Though wasn't clear on some things.. they have to take meds daily and that's a liability just like women and their monthly cycle among other things.\nI say if pretty clear headed like this person they have a spot in the military just not in any combat or vital role.

Grown ass man dressing like women.

SHE'S REMARKABLE AND HAS PAID HER DUES. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IF TRUMP DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING BUT HETEROSEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN THAN THAT'S HIS PERROGATIVE. PERIOD.

She is much more gracious than I think I would be able to muster up in her given situation. I'm an Army veteran and I support her fully. It always fills me with pride and excitement to see strong, exemplary women leading the way in our military ?

Great job President Trump, we need “real” service men and women to protect our country. CNN are still upset about the election and will do anything they can to throw a wrench into the wheels of your administration.

There is no question anyone can be qualified to serve. My problem has to do with a society that feels entitled enough to fix nature’s alleged “mistakes”. There is no such thing as being born in the wrong body. That is a social invention. There always were effeminate men and masculine women. However, today we feel entitled to push the envelope because some plastic surgeons can make a decent looking pair of boobs but at the end of the day these gender transitions are social and medical experiments. A man who thinks he is a woman is like an anorexic woman who thinks she is fat. It is a mental disorder and should be treated as such. Offering gender affirming surgery to a person is like offering liposuction to someone suffering from anorexia. It is feeding a delusion. Our society is very sick and delusional.

I don’t want to hear anything about the patriarchy with women so happy to support this garbage.

It is not an opinion these are FACTS of HUMAN NATURE these are men not women.

Who wants people in their country that treat their own women like garbage.

First it's trans women can't be in sports because they're too good and too fit and will win all the awards against the poor defenseless cis girls but now trans women aren't fit to do military service but the cis women can stay? Pick a struggle you can't have it both ways lmfao.

This is too much for me. I'm cool with women's rights, climate change, and gay rights, but I don't feel any need to hop on the trans train. It just doesn't affect me or many people that I know. There are bigger fish to fry on the federal level.

Why are women's rights never part of this discussion. Do these men who pretend to be women use separate facilities or are women forced to accommodate them in what should be women-only spaces just to name one important issue.

Trump saved women's sports

This was during Sleepy Joe Biden’s presidency. He allowed this to happen. Actually, the whole democrat party did. During Obama’s time, they were cracking down on illegal migrants, even Hillary spoke against it. But when Biden got into office, he opened the border wide and said, “Come in. We welcome you.” And most of these migrants were not vetted, no paperwork, drugs flowed freely with them along with trafficked women and children. This was an allowed invasion to serve the political interest of the democrats. But glad to know President Trump has closed the border and deporting these illegals. 2025 is the time to get our country back.

Get out transformers! And gays and women out of the military

The science of men and women and the biology between them is older than your religions

Finally, a transgender women, who served in the military for 20 years, showed a lot of balls to talk about having to stay in the navy and military, rather than leaving the military and not join the military is not a good idea. They work hard for their service and they work hard on joining the military and fight for their country.

People fear, what they do not understand...I myself am guilty of not understanding...and to be honest, no idea where we would begin to understand this complex situation (and it is)...\n\nLife is complicated enough...as a man, women are hard enough to understand...and we had very few women on my ship in the 80s...\n\nTransgender...is a whole different thing...to understand (my brain can't comprehend)...\n\nI am not judging right or wrong...I simply can't comprehend it...

I wonder how many job opportunities she got, coz she was trans?\nwonder if she was selected for every job, coz she was best...\nI think people that can pass military tests(for men) can serve...but tests should be the same for men and women, not eassier for woman like they have today

There are real men and real women as qualified as “her”, just follow the same standards as before, when this wasn’t even an issue! In the military biological men as men, biological women as women. Enough of woke!

Imagine sharing a women’s chamber with this one

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.

I was in the Navy 1976-1996. I came in when women were looked down on by sailors. They had their reasons, but things changed in the 80s. Women served on ships, filled most rates, flew planes, captained commands on shore and at sea (surface and sub). There were issues with gays, and now there's this. I have always thought that as long as one can do the job and not discredit the Navy, have at it and I'm glad to serve with you. USN / USNR E-8 retired

All transgender people need to be kicked out they act like they're? women and they got penis between their legs the whoops it has stopped the American people 70% vote for him to stop all this woke crap and that's what Donald Trump does he's a man of his word and he keeps his word thank you Donald J Trump

I may not understand people that transition but I respect them. Just because I’m not gay nor am I transgender I have respect for them as long as they’re good people but that goes for straight people too!\nI hate when people discriminate based on not understanding or respecting others. It goes even deeper than that. Disabled people are discriminated against, women, black people, Hispanic people, Asian people, Indian people,immigrants, and the list goes on and on.

Men have no business in women's spaces. It's crazy how democrats fail to understand that.\n\nAlso, a group with 40% suicide rate should not handle lethal weapons

Trump is a convicted criminal and a convicted rapist and assaulter of women.

What difference does it make? Both men AND women serve. What about the cost of living and important issues that people actually care about?

The pirate guy is out of his mind… I think he hates women as well

Trans are too creepy. That male trans swimmer competing with women ... just to win trophies and sneak into women's changd rooms! GET THEM OUT!!!

To think that this is even an issue blows my mind! MEN ARE MEN! WOMEN ARE WOMEN! just because you grow your hair out and put make up on does not make you a woman nor if a woman cuts off her breasts that makes her a Man. We are living in a delusional world right now .

I think trans when it comes to men in to women to serve to the military should be OK I feel like they still have all the mam traits but on the other hand I wudnt want a women's trans to a man having to watch my back in war??? HELLLL NAAHHH ??????

This is a great example of why I hate this whole fake trans rants about women sports, and why I wish people would just say they hate trans people. The argument is a trans woman has an advantage over born/biological females? So if this navy commander can meet the physical requirements, then what's the problem? This is why I hate the disingenuous nature of the trans discussion, using dumb things as talking points instead of just saying what it's about. Just say you hate trans people, the idea of them. I saw the same garbage with gay marriage. Arguing about baking cakes or flowers, when the reality it's just you don't like gay people.

He had more than a dream to be a pilot. He had a dream to be a women too?

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!??????

Women defending a man being a woman?

So do military personnel shower together? If so, women will be there showing that they are really women and not male.?