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Topics: Donald Trump, US News, Politics, Transgender
Lucy Devine
President Donald Trump gave a brutally honest response when he was asked to define what a woman is.
At a public event on Friday (March 28), Trump was asked by a reporter: "Mr President... since Democrats seem to struggle answering this question... what is a woman and why is it important that we understand the difference between men and women?"
Trump seemed happy to answer the question, which came shortly after the president introduced Alina Habba as interim US attorney for the District of New Jersey.
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"It's sort of easy to answer for me, because a woman is somebody that can have a baby under certain circumstances... a woman is a person who is much smarter than a man I've always found," he said.
"A woman is a person who doesn't give a man even a chance of success and a woman is a person that in many cases has been treated very badly.
"What happens with this crazy issue of men being able to play in women's sport is just ridiculous and very unfair to women and very demeaning to women, that's got to be about a 94 percent issue.
"I watched Democrat congressmen fighting for the fact that men should be allowed to compete in women's sport, I said I hope they keep that going because they'll never win an election.
"Women are incredible, they do so much for our country. We love our women, we're going to take care of our women."
Last month, Trump signed an executive order, banning transgender women from competing in women's sports.
Trump had previously said that 'the war on women's sports is over' adding: "My administration will not stand by and watch men beat and batter female athletes."
Meanwhile, earlier this week, a second federal judge blocked Trump's ban on transgender people in the US military, calling it 'plainly' discriminatory.
"The government’s arguments are not persuasive, and it is not an especially close question on this record," said District Judge Benjamin Settle.
"The government has... provided no evidence supporting the conclusion that military readiness, unit cohesion, lethality, or any of the other touchstone phrases long used to exclude various groups from service have in fact been adversely impacted by open transgender service.
"The Court can only find that there is none."
It comes after US District Judge Ana Reyes blocked the order earlier this month, ruling that it violates an equal protection clause because it discriminates based on transgender status and sex.
Reyes said the ban is 'soaked in animus', adding: "Its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit, and its conclusions bear no relation to fact.
"Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of transgender servicemembers have sacrificed - some risking their lives - to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks to deny them."
If you’ve been affected by any of these issues and want to speak to someone in confidence, contact the LGBT national hotline at 888-843-4564, available Monday to Friday 4pm-12am ET and 12pm-5pm ET on Saturdays.