Well that's a pleasant surprise.
Jul. 27th, 2017 04:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamshark El Presidente's latest attempt to distract the public from the things they should actually be worrying about appears to have backfired. Even a Republican congress that is still eager to rescue their constituency from the burden of affordable health insurance seems startled and appalled by Trump's sudden announcement that transgender people are no longer welcome in the military. Sufficiently appalled for a significant number of them to ACTUALLY SPEAK UP. And not just the wishy-washy "moderates" - we're talking senators from Alabama, Utah, North Carolina, and more. How things have changed in the past couple of years!
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff responded with a memo that basically said, politely, that they do not consider the president's social media pronouncements to be policy directives. And more importantly (quote from Defense Department's official statement, but the Joint Chiefs made a similar statement):
">"The Department will continue to focus on our mission of defending our nation and ongoing operations against our foes, while ensuring all service members are treated with respect,"
I certainly could be wrong, but I think the next few days will bring a confused flurry of backing off and denial from the White House. And we can all go back to enjoying the spectacle of the new White House Communications Director attempting to eviscerate the Chief of Staff. I keep intending to watch Game of Thrones some day, but I'm beginning to think that with this White House GoT is redundant.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff responded with a memo that basically said, politely, that they do not consider the president's social media pronouncements to be policy directives. And more importantly (quote from Defense Department's official statement, but the Joint Chiefs made a similar statement):
">"The Department will continue to focus on our mission of defending our nation and ongoing operations against our foes, while ensuring all service members are treated with respect,"
I certainly could be wrong, but I think the next few days will bring a confused flurry of backing off and denial from the White House. And we can all go back to enjoying the spectacle of the new White House Communications Director attempting to eviscerate the Chief of Staff. I keep intending to watch Game of Thrones some day, but I'm beginning to think that with this White House GoT is redundant.
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Date: 2017-07-28 02:29 am (UTC)Nicely put.