Trump threatens California funding freeze over trans athlete ban


By Xia Lin
  • World
  • Wednesday, 28 May 2025

NEW YORK, May 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to withhold federal funding, accusing Californian Governor Gavin Newsom of failing to comply with an executive order barring transgender people from competing in women's sports.

Trump posted on social media that he would speak to Newsom "to find out which way he wants to go." The president said the athlete, whom he did not name, was competing in a "State Finals" in a sport he did not specify.

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