U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis currently has liberals freaking out. He has rolled back one of former President Barack Obama’s favorite military decisions, and transgender individuals are now livid that the “Mad Dog” has given military chiefs his decision.

Mattis is allowing the military to hold off on enlisting transgender personnel for six months. According to the Associated Press, Mattis “wanted to give the services time to ensure the change won’t affect the readiness and lethality of the force. His decision endorses an agreement hammered out last week by the military service leaders.”

The AP added that “the plan rejected Army and Air Force requests for a two-year wait and reflected the broader worry that a longer delay would trigger criticism on Capitol Hill.” This delay does not affect transgender people who are already enlisted in the Armed Forces, but rather, it applies only to new enlistees.

According to a 2016 Pink News report, then-President Barack Obama lifted the military’s ban on transgender soldiers and gave military branches one year to ensure they were ready to implement the new policy. That period was set to end on Saturday, July 1st. [Source: Milo]

Delaying the process of enrolling transgender personnel will allow the four branches of the military to test the waters with the already enrolled transgender troops, in order to see what current problems they are having and what adjustments need to be made.

There are a plethora of problems that this Obama-era policy could potentially cause. For example, medical emergencies, deployment issues, and job capability, just to name a few. Military leaders need more time to study these issues and the effects they could have on our military in order to better prepare themselves.