Less than 24 hours after President Trump tweeted that “after consultation with my Generals and military experts” he would end transgender military service, Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent emails to the country’s top generals saying Trump’s announcement “was unexpected” and that he intended to say he was “not consulted,” BuzzFeed News reports.
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