Donald Trump, hero of the LGBT community? Wednesday’s ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military suggests he’s not quite the champion of LGBT rights that he promised to be just last June during his campaign for president.
At that time, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee warned voters from that demographic that his likely opponent Hillary Clinton would instead bring in “more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs.”
#ICYMI, here’s that tweet, which seems more like 100 years old today:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/742771576039460864
On Wednesday, Trump’s Twitter feed struck a dramatically different tone — specifically when it comes to transgender rights and the U.S. military, which he leads as Commander-in-Chief.
Here’s what Trump wrote:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890193981585444864
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890196164313833472
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890197095151546369
Shortly after that getting that dramatic policy shift out of the way, the POTUS got right back to bashing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, because Wednesday was just another morning in Trump’s America.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890207082926022656
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890208319566229504