Claim: President Donald Trump cited "the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail." Whether the cost is "tremendous" is opinion, but a government-funded report found that allowing transgender people to openly serve in the military would likely have a "marginal impact" on health care costs and military readiness.
Fact-check: Trump and Transgender Service Members - FactCheck.org
Verdict: president donald trump cited "the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail." whether the cost is "tremendous" is opinion, but a government-funded report found that allowing transgender people to openly serve in the military would likely have a "marginal impact" on health care costs and military readiness.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2017-07-26T22:07:29