Blog Stage 4

An article in USA Today's opinion section titled "Let transgender troops serve" offers some worthy criticism of Trump's ban on transgenders in the military. This article would be geared towards those who do not approve of Trump and those who are more interested in the recent ban. This is made apparent by the language and tone in the article. Very aggressive words are used that sets the tone that states the Trump is in the wrong. This article is not written by one person publicly but published by the USA Today Editorial Board. Considering that they are in charge of a large section of the website and release tons of articles a day I consider them a trustworthy news outlet. The article claim that Trump is in the wrong is backed up using facts like "Total medical costs for all transgender troops amount to about one-tenth of 1% of the military's health care budget, and about one-fifth of what the Pentagon spends on Viagra." This backs up their claim that the monetary "burden" is insignificant. Another piece of evidence that is used to back up the claim is that every time integration has been pushed for the military, it has been met with "integration destroys military readiness and unit cohesion" which has been dis-proven after every time. The article follows a logical path by first explaining the central issue and how the issue became such a big deal, then talking about their argument and finishing up by backing up their claims and central arguments.