Caitlyn Jenner appears to be softening in attacking President Donald Trump over his military trans ban, calling it “disappointing” Tuesday.
“We”ve had especially a lot of trans men who are frontline, Afghanistan, fighting for our country and they deserve our respect,” the 67-year-old Olympic gold medalist explained at the WORLDZ Cultural Marketing Summit in Hollywood. (RELATED: Caitlyn Jenner Puts Trump On Blast Over Military Trans Ban)
Caitlyn Jenner shares her feelings about Trump’s tweets on banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military pic.twitter.com/NWpX6IHGEx
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 2, 2017
“And so it’s just very disappointing,” she added. “We’ll see what happens in the future. But that one was very, very disappointing.”
Last week, Jenner blasted the president in a blog post and suggested everyone should be “outraged.”
“This AM, @POTUS attacked trans people fighting for our country. Every American should be outraged. My full response: http://bit.ly/2uYRt7S,” Jenner tweeted following Trump’s announcement that the “United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals” to serve in the military.
This AM, @POTUS attacked trans people fighting for our country. Every American should be outraged. My full response: https://t.co/ALJwnvFwQg
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) July 26, 2017
After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
….Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
….victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017