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Trump presses Maine governor for 'full throated apology' after transgender athlete spat

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22.03.2025

President Trump on Saturday pressed Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) to issue a personal apology after the two didn't see eye-to-eye earlier this month on a policy regarding transgender athletes in the Polar Star State.

"While the State of Maine has apologized for their Governor’s strong, but totally incorrect, statement about men playing in women’s sports while at the White House Governor’s Conference, we have not heard from the Governor herself, and she is the one that matters in such cases," he wrote early Saturday on Truth Social.

"Therefore, we need a full throated apology from the Governor herself, and a statement that she will never make such an unlawful challenge to the Federal Government again, before this case can be settled," he continued. "I’m sure she will be able to do that quite easily."

Trump earlier this month signed an executive order that seeks to bar transgender athletes from competing........

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