President-elect Donald Trump She pledged on Sunday to end the country's “trans craze” and keep transgender athletes out of women's sports forever.
Trump spoke in America's Festival in Arizona at the Phoenix Convention Center with his second term inauguration just weeks away.
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President-elect Donald Trump gestures to AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scottri)
“With the stroke of a pen on Day One, we will stop the transgender madness,” Trump declared to cheers. “And I will sign executive orders to end child mutilation, and to remove transgender people from the military and from our elementary, middle, and high schools.
“And we will keep men out of women's sports. This will also be done on the first day. Should I do the first day, the second day or the third day? What about the first day? Under the Trump administration, the official day will be the US government policy of having only two genders – Male and female, doesn't seem so complicated, does it?”
Trump pledged to end the “transgender craze.” (Alexander Pohl/Norphoto via Getty Images)
Transgender inclusion in women's sports has become essential Core campaign issue For Trump because he was the only one of the two candidates to take a hard line against it.
When he accepted the Republican nomination for president in July, he made his position clear.
“We will no longer have men playing in women's sports, and that will end immediately,” he said at the time.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scottri)
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He also appeared on Barstool Sports. “Working with boys” With former NFL players Taylor Lewan and Will Compton, they called the idea of transgender inclusion in women's sports “ridiculous.”
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