Trump isn’t targeting trans-identifying Americans. Trans activists, on the other hand, are perfectly willing to target America’s cultural fabric and replace it with their own distorted framework.
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Early this week, New York Times opinion columnist Masha Gessen penned a piece purportedly exposing “The Hidden Motive Behind Trump’s Attacks on Trans People.” Unsurprisingly, the Trump policies Gessen sees as proof of an insidious Trumpian plot are reality-based measures that protect women and children and preserve American culture.
Gessen begins her supposed exposé by bemoaning the “current, protracted bad-news moment” and its repercussions for her “personally” as someone who is “trans and an immigrant.” She then moves quickly to comparing the United States to Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. As the essay continues, Gessen’s contention becomes clear: Trump’s “barrage of attacks on trans people” is central to his “denationalization campaign,” which he pursues ostensibly so he can then deport them or implement a more fiendishly Hitlerian purpose.
