I don't think Bradley Manning ever wanted to be trans but was convinced to do so by the government. The entire story is just so bizarre, and getting a pardon after transitioning after being considered a top enemy of the country, its fucked. They fucking tortured him for years, and all of a sudden he's free to go but now a girl??? What... The... Fuck?!
I've done some deep diving on MK ultra and the thing I find most intriguing is the fact that it was the military that executed these MK ultra ops. So considering the rise and focus in Trans news the past few years the government is definitely behind the trans push. So its not out of line to theorize the the top brass of the military is being used to turn people trans. I don't know, what do you guys think?
One theory: Because they can, they do.
What doesn't seem rational to us can make sense in their twisted minds, and they could have done it as a means of gaining optimal control of him/her.