Border Wall Tied to Trump Transgender Ban: Report
Source: msn.com
The reasoning behind President Donald Trump’s sudden Twitter announcement Wednesday that upended Capitol Hill, the military and LGBT rights activists—that transgender people would be banned from military service—reportedly came down to one factor: funding for the billionaire’s much-hyped idea of constructing a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
In order to boost that funding, public funding of surgeries for transgender service members would be removed from a defense spending bill that would fulfill the president’s promises to increase military spending and construct that wall. Conservative Republicans and national defense "hawks" have been focusing on the costs of surgeries as the House tinkered with the bill, and Trump made his decision in order to make sure the bill would move forward, Politico reported, citing White House and congressional sources.
.......................... A policy put in place by President Barack Obama, which is now being overturned, allowed transgender troops to serve openly.
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The defense spending bill that is making its way through the House could now put aside $1.6 billion for the wall, but even that would only cover 60 miles in Texas and secondary or backup fencing along 14 miles in California, according to The Dallas Morning-News....................
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McConnell has promised NO money for the Wall (a while ago so who knows what he thinks now)
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Move the decimal trick. 
The Wash Po needs to change the title.
