Trump Recognizes Gene Sykes, Chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee: ‘Thank Him for Recently Banning Men from Competing in Women’s Sports’

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TRUMP: “I also want to welcome the Chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee, Gene Sykes. Gene, thank you. (applause) Thank you, Gene, very much, and thank him for recently banning men from competing in women’s sports. That’s a big deal. Thank you very much. It’s amazing the way I don’t hear any applause for that when everyone feels it. (applause) It’s a 97 — don’t worry about it, that’s a 97/3, it’s not 80/20. It’s 97/3 but nobody wants to clap, it’s crazy. the United States will not let men steal trophies from women at the 2028 Olympics, so we appreciate the fairness.”