And $437 million for military bands: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/us/military-bands-budget.html

Dude. We spend $84M per year on erectile dysfunction medication for our military. Don’t even *pretend* that you’re worried about the economics of this - the costs would be at most one-tenth the Viagra budget.

i really doubt this was a trial balloon, it was a flat-out statement that anyone who practices Trump’s politics won’t be punished by Trump’s Justice department

The military has not historically covered gender-transition surgeries, though President Barack Obama did announce plans for it to begin doing so. That cost would be between $2.4 million and $8.4 million annually for transition-related costs, according to a RAND analysis commissioned by the Department of Defense.…

Yeah, this is a trial balloon. If the response is anything less than thunderous condemnation, we’re fucked.

At least Gorka resigned.