The guy in charge of the military is talking culture war BS at a state fair while sailors suffer in a ship that cannot be supplied because Iran blew up all the US bases in the Middle East.
Any time they talk trans folks, it is a tell that they know they are ruining the American economy and hurting everyone, so they want to distract from the fact the empire is crumbling.
https://people.com/pete-hegseth-uses-transphobic-slur-speech-about-us-military-12064125