Whew!  Wow.  Great piece.  

But even Ms. Southey misses one important point, here.  Could it be that the President's transgender tweet was just another example of obfuscation and distraction?  He's a master at this (intended or not, who knows for sure?) and uses tweets this way fairly regularly.  Distraction from WHAT, exactly?  

If "the Department of Defense currently spends $84-million annually treating erectile dysfunction, about 10 times the amount they spend on the transition-focused medical care of transgender service members..." then, whoa!  The U.S. has a problem that needs addressing beyond financial cost, beyond human cost of rampant  impotence amongst military personnel (how come?  Stress?  Anxiety? Group think at the expense of self-esteem?  Boredom?). Beyond all that (and this is for the Trump cover-up) there is the decree that, "Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory." Tough to do, when guys are focused, instead, below their belts.