It’s hard to feel sorry for someone who made choices that hurt them and then ends up suffering because of those choices. Especially when they still say they “love” the person who caused their problems. It’s confusing how they can live like that.
Take Caitlyn Jenner, for example.
She used to be named William Bruce Jenner. He won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics and was even on Wheaties boxes in stores. He later married Kris Kardashian and had two kids, Kendall and Kylie.
In 2015, Bruce Jenner came out as a woman and changed his name to Caitlyn.
She became one of the most famous transgender women in the world. But even after all that, she kept being a Republican and spoke out against trans youth getting medical help and against trans athletes competing.
So it’s kind of funny when someone who’s a big supporter of Trump, who has a lot of power, ends up being affected by one of Trump’s policies.
This week, Caitlyn was on a show and said that Trump’s passport policy stopped her from traveling. She said, “I can’t use my passport anymore. It lists me as male, but I’ve been female for years.”
She wrote a letter to Trump asking for help.
He never answered. And she said, “I haven’t heard from him. He’s busy. I understand that, and I’m not blaming him. I love the guy and what he’s doing.”
She loves the guy who took her passport away.
The guy who didn’t even reply to her letter. The guy who has made rules that hurt trans people, like banning them from the military, blocking healthcare, and stopping them from competing in sports.
Let’s not forget, though, that this isn’t just a problem for Caitlyn.
There are about 1.6 million trans people in the U.S. who don’t have the same resources. A survey found that 22% of trans adults said they were harassed, attacked, or treated unfairly when their ID didn’t match how they looked. For some, a passport with the wrong gender marker is not just a problem — it’s a serious danger.
Caitlyn knows this.
She said, “For many people, this is a big issue.” She even mentioned how it could affect her voting. But still, she said, “I love the guy.”
This is what happens when you tell yourself for years that the politicians you support don’t really mean what they say about trans people.
That they will make exceptions for you. That if you just act like you don’t mind the problems, and be “acceptable,” you’ll be okay.
Trump’s policy doesn’t care about past sports heroes.
It doesn’t favor celebrity friends. It doesn’t listen to personal letters.
The trans community tried to warn her.
She didn’t listen. And now, she’s on a show, saying she can’t travel and that she still loves the guy who made it impossible. The saddest part isn’t that Trump didn’t respond. It’s that she still stands up for him, even after everything.
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