President Trump Blamed the Transgender Military Ban on an Inaccurate Cost for Surgery

President Donald Trump blamed the cost of gender-transition surgeries for his Administration's policy barring transgender people from serving in the military, citing a figure experts said was inaccurate.

In an interview with British commentator Piers Morgan on Tuesday, Trump claimed that the costs of gender transition surgeries were behind his decision to bar transgender military service, first announced in a series of tweets in July of 2017.

“Well, it is what it is,” Trump said.

President Donald Trump blamed the cost of gender-transition surgeries for his Administration's policy barring transgender people from serving in the military, citing a figure experts said was inaccurate. In an interview with British commentator Piers Morgan on Tuesday, Trump claimed that the costs of gender transition surgeries were behind his decision to bar transgender military service, first announced in a series of tweets in July of 2017. “Well, it is what it is,” Trump said.