Trump vows 'we will not have men in women's sports' during West Point commencement speech

President Donald Trump reiterated that girls and women will not compete against transgender athletes during his commencement speech at West Point Saturday Trump signed an executive order Feb that prohibits biological boys and men from competing in girls and women's sports While speaking to graduates Trump revisited the topic CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM We will not have men in women's sports if that's OK he commented I mean I wouldn't want to have to tackle as an example quarterback Bryson Daily as a man But I don't think a lot of women want to tackle him I don't think so How crazy is it Men playing in women's sports How crazy is it So ridiculous So demeaning So demeaning to women And it's over That's over We ended it Several states have defied Trump's order resulting in federal Title IX investigations The Department of Agriculture also temporarily ended federal funding to the state of Maine but the funding was restored by a federal judge Maine Gov Janet Mills and Trump got into a highly-publicized spat shortly after the order was signed Earlier this month a school district in Washington a blue state voted to keep trans athletes out of girls sports The ruling defies a protocol by the Washington Interscholastic Sessions Association WIAA enacted in that allows transgender students to participate based on their gender identity In May a trans athlete competed in a girls cross-country championship in the state and won BRETT FAVRE SUGGESTS NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY TARGETS HIM FOR TRUMP SUPPORTTrump delivered a similar notion while speaking to graduates at the University of Alabama earlier this month A New York Times Ipsos survey located the vast majority of Americans including a majority of Democrats don't think transgender athletes should be permitted to compete in women's sports Of the people who participated revealed biological males who identify as women should not be allowed to participate in women's sports Of the people who identified as Democrats or leaning Democrat noted transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete with women Nearly of Americans say biological men should not be permitted to compete in women's sports according to a Gallup poll last year Fox News' Jackson Thompson contributed to this account Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter