By Victor Kanayo
United States President, Donald Trump, has signed an executive order barring transgender athletes from women’s sports.
According to reports, this is part of Trump’s moves targeting transgender people since returning to office.
The move honors a pledge that Republican Trump made before returning for his second term in office with a radical right-wing agenda, AFP reports.
Speaking via X, US Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly had earlier said, “Today, President Trump will deliver on his promise to PROTECT WOMEN’S SPORTS!”
Kelly said the order would “end the dangerous and unfair participation of men in women’s sports.”
Trump repeatedly returned to the theme of transgender athletes during an election campaign that also specifically targeted Democratic rival Kamala Harris over her support for trans issues.
The 78-year-old billionaire has repeatedly targeted gender non-conforming people in his blitz of executive orders and other moves since returning to office on January 20.
Trump signed an order to rid the military of what he called “transgender ideology” and effectively ban transgender troops. He also issued an order to restrict gender transition procedures for people under age 19.
His latest executive order comes after the Republican-led House of Representatives in January passed a bill severely restricting transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports.
