Donald Trump Signs Executive Order To Get ‘Transgender Ideology’ Out Of US Military

US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order ridding the military of what he called “transgender ideology,” in a potentially major setback for LGBTQ rights.

In a series of orders related to the military that Trump told reporters he has signed on Air Force One, he also called for the building of a US version of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system.

The Republican signed further orders reinstating service members dismissed for refusing to take the Covid vaccine, and extending a wider government crackdown on diversity programs for the armed forces.

“To ensure that we have the most lethal fighting force in the world, we will get transgender ideology the hell out of our military,” Trump told a Republican congressional retreat in Miami.

Trump has previously promised to bring back a ban on transgender troops and demonized any recognition of gender diversity.

In his order, Trump claimed the armed forces “have been afflicted with radical gender ideology to appease activists” and that “many mental and physical health conditions are incompatible with active duty.”

The order said “adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.”

“A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member,” it added.

In a separate order, Trump claimed diversity programs in the military “undermine leadership, merit, and unit cohesion, thereby eroding lethality and force readiness.”

It also prohibited the defense department and armed forces from promoting “un-American” theories suggesting America’s founding documents are racist or sexist or advancing discussion on “gender ideology.”