President Donald Trump is making good on his promise to crack down on states that force female athletes to compete against biological males, and Maine is learning the hard way. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just froze all funding to the University of Maine System (UMS) after the state refused to comply with Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.
This is what real leadership looks like. Unlike Biden, who caved to the radical left at every turn, Trump is holding states accountable for violating Title IX protections and destroying fairness in women’s athletics. The USDA’s freeze could cost UMS tens of millions in research funding, and Trump has made it clear—this will continue until Maine follows the law.
This move comes after a widely publicized showdown between Trump and Maine’s Democrat Governor Janet Mills. When Trump met with GOP governors on February 20, he warned Mills directly that funding would be cut if she didn’t enforce the rules. Mills, in typical leftist defiance, threatened legal action against the administration. But Trump didn’t blink—he doubled down.
Just hours after Mills tried to stand her ground, the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into Maine for allowing transgender athletes to compete against girls, citing potential Title IX violations. Then, the Department of Health and Human Services determined that the state was already in violation of Title IX and referred the case to the Department of Justice. Maine is now in full-blown crisis mode, all because it chose woke politics over fairness and common sense.
The battle over Maine’s policies exploded in February when Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby exposed the truth—she identified a biological male who won a girls’ state pole vault competition. The backlash was instant, with Maine’s leftist politicians scrambling to silence her. Instead of addressing the issue, the state’s Democrat-controlled House actually censured Libby, stripping her of her ability to vote or speak. This is how the left operates—if they can’t win the argument, they just shut people up.
But Libby isn’t backing down. She just filed a lawsuit against Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, demanding her right to speak and vote be restored. Meanwhile, Maine citizens are fighting back. A massive “March Against Mills” protest erupted at the state capitol, with female athletes speaking out against the governor’s radical policies.
The left, of course, responded with their usual mob tactics. Eight pro-trans activists showed up at Libby’s house with signs smearing her for daring to stand up for women’s rights. This is the new reality—if you speak the truth, expect the left to come after you.
But it’s not just Maine. Trump’s crackdown is sending a message to every state—if you violate Title IX and push radical gender ideology on girls’ sports, your funding will be cut. The NCAA has already amended its rules, banning biological males from competing in women’s sports. The federal government is investigating states that refuse to comply. And Trump is proving that he’s not bluffing.
The fight for fairness in women’s sports is far from over, but this is a major victory. The woke left just ran into a brick wall, and his name is Donald J. Trump.
