Although more than half of Americans back transgender individuals serving openly in the military, support has continued to slip in the past six years, according to a Gallup Poll released Monday.

The national telephone survey of 1,001 adults ages 18 and older was taken from Jan. 21-27 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

It showed that 58% approved of transgender service members, but that dropped sharply from 71% in 2019 and 66% in 2021. On Inauguration Day, Trump signed an executive order rescinding the Biden administration’s 2021 move to allow individuals identifying as transgender to openly serve.

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