US EditionTrump Shocks Critics, Charms MAGA with Bizarre Impression: ‘WTF Is This?’
Trump mocked transgender women in girls' sports by imitating a struggling female and an effortless male weightlifter during the House GOP retreat, a routine he has performed before.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump reprised an impersonation of a struggling female weightlifter while criticizing transgender women in girls' sports at the House GOP member retreat, with clips shared by the White House Rapid Response 47 account.
- The imitation is part of a recurring routine President Donald Trump has used in campaign and presidential speeches, including a May appearance at the University of Alabama where he claimed two transitioned people won Olympic boxing gold medals.
- He pantomimed the lift, grunting and acting out lines like Drops the thing, walks off the stage crying, then added sound effects such as Bing and Ding during the effortless lift.
- Clips circulated online, prompting mixed reactions as Riley Gaines praised the routine while critics and the Republicans against Trump account called it embarrassing and questioned President Donald Trump's fitness.
- The episode feeds into a broader debate amid rising anti-trans incidents as GLAAD reported 932 attacks between May 1, 2024 and May 1, 2025, 52 percent targeting transgender people.
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Donald Trump once again chose provocation to convey his message. On Tuesday, at a working meeting with the Republican elected representatives of the House of Representatives in Washington, the American president gave himself to a theatrical imitation of a weightlifting competition scene in order to criticize the participation of transgender athletes in the women's events. The sequence, filmed and quickly relayed, revived an already old controver…
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