Trump team dismisses reports he will discharge trans in military: 'No decisions on this issue have been made'

"These unnamed sources are speculating and have no idea what they are actually talking about. No policy should ever be deemed official unless it comes directly from President Trump or his authorized spokespeople," Leavitt told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

Trump cited "tremendous medical costs and disruption" after announcing the rollback of the policy. After legal challenges, a revised policy was implemented in 2018 that only prohibited individuals diagnosed with gender dysphoria from serving, unless they had not undergone a sex change and were "stable in their biological sex."

Throughout Trump's presidential campaign this election cycle, he also indicated certain changes would be made to so-called gender-affirming care for minors, too. 

"Kamala is for they/them, President Trump is for you," the narrator of Trump's campaign ad said. Experts say the TV spot had a substantial influence on swing voters.