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Trump's gambit on transgender service members falls flat

You have to wonder, would Donald Trump even know if a soldier, sailor or marine saluting him was a transgender person? Displays of fealty are the one surefire way to put our commander-in-chief in his happy place, oblivious to all but the warm glow of his self-assumed awesomeness. Also, unless you are...

You have to wonder, would Donald Trump even know if a soldier, sailor or marine saluting him was a transgender person?

Likely not. Displays of fealty are the one surefire way to put our commander-in-chief in his happy place, oblivious to all but the warm glow of his self-assumed awesomeness.

Also, unless you are peering into someone's medical records, it's often pretty difficult to determine if someone was labeled one gender at birth and then changed the

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