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PALM BEACH, Florida – Days after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two landmark cases involving state laws protecting girls’ and women’s sports, President Donald Trump declared: “We have excluded men from women’s sports.” »
Speaking at an inauguration ceremony at Mar-a-Lago Friday afternoon, the president discussed his administration’s efforts to ensure women’s sports are safeguarded amid an ongoing national debate over the participation of transgender athletes.
President Donald Trump speaks during a road dedication ceremony at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, January 16, 2026. Florida state lawmakers approved renaming a portion of Southern Boulevard to President Donald J. Trump Boulevard. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“…Transgender madness is out of our schools and out of our lives,” Trump said. “And we took men out of women’s sports – officially, women’s sports.”
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“And everyone said, well, it’s an 80/20 problem. No, it’s a 98/2 problem. I don’t even think it’s a 98/2 problem.”
Trump began his second term with a focus on protecting women’s and women’s sports. In February, he signed the “Keep Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order, which prompted the NCAA to update its policy the next day to limit women’s competition to biological females.
Soon other sports governing bodies would follow suit, but a handful of Democratic-controlled states, including Maine, California and Minnesota, refused to comply. Legal battles followed, including the two that were heard Tuesday before the Supreme Court — Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. BPJ.
The Supreme Court will consider whether the laws of those states, Idaho and West Virginia, violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution and the landmark federal law Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education.
President Donald Trump arrives at a dedication ceremony for a portion of Southern Boulevard that the Palm Beach City Council recently voted to rename President Donald J. Trump Boulevard at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, January 16, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt highlighted the administration’s efforts during a briefing Thursday and criticized some Supreme Court justices for apparently challenging biological differences between men and women during Tuesday’s hearing.
“The administration… [has] has taken action on multiple fronts against those states that fail to comply with Presidential Executive Orders and this administration’s policy of simply protecting women, women’s sports, and women’s private spaces. We have also taken on the great universities of this country to try to fight for what is right and what is right for the women of this country.
A protester holds a sign in front of the Supreme Court during debates over state laws banning transgender girls and women from playing on school sports teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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“I think the president is talking common sense on this issue, that women’s sports and private spaces need to be protected and that there are two genders, there are two sexes – that’s not something we should be afraid to say in this country.”
The Supreme Court’s decision is expected later this summer.
