The aspiring golfer took to social media with a poignant message on National Girls and Women in Sports Day back in February, with the post now resurfacing online
A resurfaced post has revealed Kai Trump’s stance on women’s sports (Image: Getty Images)
A social media post shared by Kai Trump on National Girls and Women in Sports Day has resurfaced amid her grandfather Donald’s threats to California’s federal funding.
The U.S. President publicly addressed the state’s governor Gavin Newsom last week after it emerged that a trans athlete would be competing in the weekend’s state championships, despite his executive order banning biological males from competing in women’s sports. The 78-year-old said that “large scale federal funding” will be held back, “maybe permanently,” if his order is not adhered to.
As it happened, the trans athlete in question, A.B. Hernandez of Jurupa Valley, who is a biological male, competed in the California State championships anyway, leading to fury from competitors’ parents. The 16-year-old dominated in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump, winning the latter by a considerable amount, with second-place being more than 10 feet below her score.
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As the president continues his war against trans athletes and launches a number of investigations against organizations and institutions which have gone against his executive order, a previous post from his 17-year-old granddaughter has resurfaced online.
Shared on social media on National Girls and Women in Sports Day on February 5, Trump wrote: “Sports give girls confidence, strength, and leadership skills for life. I’m grateful to have strong women who inspire me, and I know how important it is to support the next generation of female athletes.”
While the golf-mad teenager, who is due to start her college career at the University of Miami later this year, didn’t directly comment on trans athletes, her remark certainly shows how passionate she is about women’s sports and the importance it has for girls.
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Perhaps this is why the U.S. President is so determined to kick biological men out of women’s sports, knowing that his granddaughter is about to enter that realm herself – and could one day come up against, or suffer at the hands of, someone who was born as the opposite gender.
On the same weekend that Hernandez dominated three competitions at the California State championships, another trans athlete emerged victorious in the Class 2A 400-meter dash at the Washington State Track and Field Championships in Tacoma.
Veronica Garcia finished nearly a full second ahead of her closest opponent to beat her previous record and take home the winner’s medal for the second year running, leaving parents up in arms as the East Valley of Spokane runner was given permission to compete.
Boos rang out from the crowd at Mount Tahoma High School as she crossed the finish line, before things got worse when the crowd cheered loudly for every runner during the medal ceremony besides Garcia, who instead received boos when she was announced as the winner.
President Donald Trump recently issued a scathing warning to California Governor Gavin Newsom over the inclusion of a trans athlete ahead of last weekend’s state championships(Image: AP)
It comes a month after President Trump issued a 10-day ultimatum to the University of Pennsylvania after it allowed a transgender swimmer to compete on the women’s team and use their facilities in 2022. The institution had already seen $175 million in federal funding slashed for its actions three years ago.
UPenn has now been demanded to make amends by wiping renowned trans swimmer Lia Thomas from its women’s record books and apologizing to each female swimmer – including conservative activist Riley Gaines – who was made to compete against the 25-year-old.
Thomas, who last competed for the Ivy League school in Philadelphia in 2022, made history as the first openly transgender athlete to win a NCAA Division I title that year – a title now at risk of being stripped.
