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Cathal Dennehy: Women's sport might be the one thing Trump gets right

On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.
Cathal Dennehy: Women's sport might be the one thing Trump gets right

U.S. President Donald Trump signs the "No Men in Women's Sports" executive order in the East Room of the White House on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Pic: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Donald Trump got this one right. (*Ducks for cover, mutes notifications, runs into the wild to live with an uncontacted tribe). 

OK, there, far-right agitator. Bigoted transphobe. What’s this, another straight white male pretending to care about women’s sport? Aligning his views with President grab-em-by-the-pussy? A man who’s apparently now deeply invested in protecting women, having been accused by at least 26 of them of sexual misconduct – allegations he’s denied.

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