Piers Morgan asks Trump how he can support LGBTQ rights and ban transgenders from the military

Source: The Hill

British commentator and former “Celebrity Apprentice” winner Pierce Morgan pressed President Trump in an interview about the president's public support of the LGBTQ community while issuing a ban on transgenders serving in the military.

“This week, you tweeted your support for the LGBT community around the world where they’re being persecuted or excluded,” Morgan said. “Which does prompt the obvious question: if you feel that protective of the LGBT community, why did you feel the need to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military?”

Trump said it was because transgender people “take massive amounts of drugs. They have to ... and you’re not allowed to take drugs,” Trump said. “You’re not allowed to take any drugs. You take an aspirin. And they have to after the operation. They have to. They have no choice. They have to.”

Morgan pointed out to the commander-in-chief that the cost of medication for transgender troops is “minuscule” compared to the U.S. military’s budget.

“The U.S. military spends a lot more money on, for example, giving Viagra to servicemen than it does actually on medical bills for transgender people,” the host added.

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