Thoughts and prayers for Caitlyn Jenner. It appears that it’s beginning to daybreak on the Olympian and actuality TV star that being a wealthy, white, Maga supporter doesn’t totally defend her from Donald Trump’s transphobic insurance policies.
What sparked that realization? Was it the millions of {dollars} spent by the Trump marketing campaign on anti-trans advertisements through the 2024 election? Was it, maybe, the truth that one in every of Trump’s very first acts in his second time period, performed simply hours after he took workplace, was to signal an executive order which acknowledged that government-issued identification paperwork could be modified to mirror the holder’s “immutable biological classification as either male or female”, outlined by an individual’s cells at conception – in different phrases, your passport would mirror the intercourse you had been assigned at delivery?
No, it appears Jenner, who publicly got here out as transgender in 2015, shrugged all that off. Not her drawback! But she received a bit bit fearful when Trump’s actions straight impacted her. Specifically, when she just lately renewed her passport and it got here again marked “male”, not “female”. Speaking on the conservative Tomi Lahren is Fearless podcast this month, Jenner mentioned she thought it was a mistake and tried to get it corrected. But, no, it got here again marked as male once more. Just as Trump laid out in his government order.
“This is a safety factor. I can’t travel internationally anymore, I can’t use my passport,” Jenner whined to Lahren, who regarded like she couldn’t care much less. “I’m trying to figure out at this point what to do,” Jenner continued. “I don’t blame President Trump. I love him, but for a lot of people, this is a huge issue.”
Apparently, Jenner has been attempting to get in touch with the president to get this little snafu sorted however he’s ghosting her. “I haven’t heard from him,” Jenner said. “He’s kind of busy right now. My gender marker is not big on the issue [list].” She added: “I’m not blaming him whatsoever. I love the guy, and I love what he’s doing.” She concluded: “I don’t think this was really thought out, what this means.”
Oh, it was thought out, Caitlyn. It was positively thought out. Trump reneges on a whole lot of his guarantees (bear in mind when he promised not to start any new wars?), however he’s saved his phrase in relation to his anti-trans insurance policies. None of this could come as any shock. Particularly because it’s not like Trump hasn’t disillusioned Jenner earlier than. In 2017, Jenner advised Trump that his choice to revoke federal guidelines specifying that transgender college students had the best to make use of public faculty restrooms that matched their gender identification was a “disaster”. She nonetheless went on to support him in 2024, nevertheless. Got to chase these tax breaks.
You’ve received to be good at psychological gymnastics to be a Trump supporter, however the quantity of cognitive dissonance right here is alarming. Did Jenner critically assume that she would endure no blowback for supporting a person who has made his contempt for trans individuals clear?
Perhaps. Jenner isn’t the one individual to assume that they’ll be magically exempt from Trump’s cruelty. Back in 2019, the New York Times interviewed individuals in a Florida city that had been damage by a hurricane and a Trump administration-instigated authorities shutdown. “I voted for [Trump], and he’s the one who’s doing this,” a girl known as Crystal Minton complained. “I thought he was going to do good things. He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.” That quote went viral as a result of it captured the essence of Trumpism. Many individuals appear to assist the president not as a result of they assume he’ll assist them, however as a result of he has promised to harm their “enemies”.
Now that Jenner is personally hurting, will she change her thoughts about Trump? We’ll simply have to attend and see. In the meantime, hold attempting the president’s cellphone, Caitlyn! He’s a really busy boy, however possibly one in every of as of late he’ll get again to you.
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