On February 24 local time, U.S. President Trump vigorously promoted his administration's measures to repeal transgender medical treatments for minors during his State of the Union speech, and called Democratic lawmakers who expressed opposition on site "madmen."
During Trump's speech, the two-party legislators were clearly divided. Almost every word that Trump said was met with standing applause from Republican lawmakers in the audience, while most Democratic lawmakers remained indifferent.
Trump's State of the Union speech, CNN video screenshot
According to CNN, on February 24 local time, Trump said during his State of the Union address, "There is no doubt that we can certainly reach a consensus. No state should be allowed to take children away from their parents and change their gender against the parents' will."
"Who would believe that we are still discussing this?" Trump said, "We must ban this practice, and we must ban it immediately."
According to the report, when the Republican lawmakers stood up to applaud Trump's remarks, the Democratic lawmakers remained seated, which provoked Trump's frustration: "Look, no one stood up, these people are crazy," "Democrats are destroying our country, but we have stopped it in time."
In 2025, the Trump administration proposed that if hospitals provide medical services including puberty blockers and surgeries for minors who are transgender, they would be prohibited from participating in federal Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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