Trump stands out with the Democratic event of Governor of Maine at the White House event on the Executive Order of Transgender Athletes
In a White House event with a bipartisan group of governors on Friday, President Donald Trump, briefly met with the governor of Maine Janet Mills after threatening to retain federal funds from his state on the issue of transgender athletes.
The return to the return occurred when Trump discussed his executive order that prohibits the transgender athletes of women’s sports.
“Are you not going to comply with that?” Trump asked Mills directly.
Governor Janet Mills reacts after defy 2025 in Washington.
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She replied that she would comply with state and federal laws.
“Well, I am, we are the federal law,” Trump said, adding: “Well, you better do it. You better do it because you will not get any federal financing if you don’t.”
Mills replied: “See you in court.”
“Well,” Trump replied. “I will see you in court. I hope that. That should be easy. And enjoy your life after the governor, because I don’t think you are in the chosen policy,” Trump said.
After Friday’s White House meeting, Mills issued a statement about Trump’s threat to retain federal funds.
President Donald Trump speaks at the governors’ work session at the White House in Washington, on February 21, 2025.
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“If the president tries to deprive Maine’s school children for the benefit of federal funds, my administration and the Attorney General will take all appropriate and necessary legal measures to restore that financing and the academic opportunity he provides. The State of Maine will not be intimidated by the president’s threats. “
Also on Friday, the Department of Education sent a letter to an education official of Maine who announced a “directed investigation” of the Department of Education of Maine “in the midst of the accusations that he continues to allow male athletes to compete in interscolstic athletics of Girls “, the department. He said in a press release.
The department cited a Maine high school that, he said, “continues to allow at least one male student to compete in the categories of girls.”
Trump signed the order to “keep men out of women’s sports” earlier this month, which orders federal agencies to interpret the rules of the Federal Title IX such as prohibiting the participation of transgender girls and women in women’s sports categories .
