- President-elect vows to reverse transgender policies, focus on limiting LGBTQ rights
- Trump promises immediate action on migrant crime, drug cartels, and U.S. foreign policy
President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pledged to take swift action against transgender rights upon taking office, stating he would use executive orders to “stop the transgender lunacy” from day one of his presidency. Addressing young conservatives at an event in Phoenix, Arizona, Trump vowed to eliminate “child sexual mutilation,” remove transgender individuals from the military, and ban transgender people from public schools.
He also announced plans to “keep men out of women’s sports,” declaring that the U.S. government would officially recognize only two genders: male and female.
Trump’s remarks come as part of a broader conservative push against LGBTQ rights, as Republicans gain control of both Congress and the White House. The move is in line with previous GOP efforts to limit transgender rights, with states across the U.S. taking diverging stances on issues such as medical treatment for transgender minors and access to LGBTQ-related literature in schools and libraries.
The president-elect’s speech also touched on broader policy issues, including his promise to combat “migrant crime” and designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Trump further doubled down on his controversial assertion that the U.S. should regain control over the Panama Canal.
In a broader vision for his second term, Trump painted a bleak picture of the last four years under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, which he described as a period of “failure, incompetence, and national decline.” He vowed to end the war in Ukraine, stop chaos in the Middle East, and avoid World War III.
“The golden age of America is upon us,” Trump declared, although he did not provide specifics on how he intends to quickly resolve the war in Ukraine or restore peace to the Middle East.
