U.S. top general was reportedly ‘not consulted’ before President Trump proposed transgender military ban.

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President Trump announced last summer that his proposed ban on transgender people in the U.S. military was the product of “consultation” with “Generals and military experts.”

But the country’s highest-ranking general, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Joseph Dunford, wasn’t among those whom Trump consulted, according to emails unearthed Tuesday.