Donald Trump's snap decision to ban transgender people from the military was because funding for his precious Mexican border wall was threatened, according to a report in Politico:
House Republicans were planning to pass a spending bill stacked with his campaign promises, including money to build his border wall with Mexico.
But an internal House Republican fight over transgender troops was threatening to blow up the bill. And House GOP insiders feared they might not have the votes to pass the legislation because defense hawks wanted a ban on Pentagon-funded sex reassignment operations — something GOP leaders wouldn't give them.
They turned to Trump, who didn't hesitate. In the flash of a tweet, he announced that transgender troops would be banned altogether.
Trump's sudden decision was, in part, a last-ditch attempt to save a House proposal full of his campaign promises that was on the verge of defeat, numerous congressional and White House sources said.
Said one GOP aide to Politico: “This is like someone told the White House to light a candle on the table and the WH set the whole table on fire.”
