Trump says keeping males out of women's sports is '90-10 issue'

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President Donald Trump suggested connected Saturday that keeping biologic males retired of women’s and girls’ sports is simply a no-brainer contented and that the borderline is wide among voters.

Trump sat down with OutKick’s Clay Travis connected Air Force One to speech astir that contented among others earlier the president attended the NCAA Wrestling Championships.

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President Donald Trump attends the finals astatine the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

"I deliberation it’s a 90-10 issue, possibly more," Trump said. "But I bash announcement it’s a 90-10 erstwhile the voting booths closed… a batch of radical don’t speech astir it. I don’t cognize why. I deliberation they’re making a mistake by not talking astir it. It’s specified a elemental thing, it’s truthful basic."

Trump signed the "No Men successful Women’s Sports" enforcement bid successful aboriginal February, which barred biologic males from competing against women and girls successful sports. The bid called for the anticipation of national backing being stripped from nationalist schools if the rules were inactive successful place.

The president had a spat with Maine Gov. Janet Mills implicit the contented arsenic her authorities and a fewer others person defied the order.

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President Donald Trump waves to the media arsenic helium walks connected the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, March 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

He said earlier Saturday that helium hadn’t "heard" from Mills since their spat implicit the issue.

"While the State of Maine has apologized for their Governor’s strong, but wholly incorrect, connection astir men playing successful women’s sports portion astatine the White House Governor’s Conference, we person not heard from the Governor herself, and she is the 1 that matters successful specified cases," Trump wrote successful a station connected Truth Social.

"Therefore, we request a afloat throated apology from the Governor herself, and a connection that she volition ne'er marque specified an unlawful situation to the Federal Government again, earlier this lawsuit tin beryllium settled. I’m definite she volition beryllium capable to bash that rather easily. Thank you for your attraction to this substance and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! DJT"

Maine, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, agreed to comply with Trump's enforcement order to support transgender athletes retired of women's sports aft overmuch nationalist backmost and forth.

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Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills challenges President Donald Trump implicit trans women successful sports arsenic Trump addresses a gathering of governors astatine the White House connected Feb. 21, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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The University of Maine System (USM), a web of 8 nationalist universities successful Maine, was taxable to a temporary intermission successful funding from the USDA past week during an ongoing conflict betwixt the authorities and the national authorities implicit trans inclusion successful women's and girls' sports. The backing was reinstated conscionable days later. 

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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