Donald Trump announced on Sunday December 22, 2024 that he wanted to stop the “transgender delirium” from his first day at the White House next month, in a new salvo from the Republican camp against the rights of the LGBTI+ community.
Upon his inauguration on January 20, “I will sign decrees to put an end to sexual mutilation of children, exclude transgender people from the army and exclude them from primary, middle and high schools”insisted the next American president.
“The official policy of the United States shall be that there are only two genders, male and female.”continued the winner of the November 5 presidential election in front of a crowd of young conservatives gathered in Phoenix, in the southwest of the country.
Hot topic in the United States
The “Wokism must stop”said the Republican again to the applause of the crowd. The term “wokism”, borrowed from African-American struggles, is misused by political figures and conservative movements to denounce what they consider to be an excess of activism with regard to the demands of minorities and social and climatic injustices.
Medical treatments for minors to change their gender or transgender women's access to women's sports competitions are hot topics in a polarized United States. During the electoral campaign, the Republican billionaire repeatedly brandished the scarecrow of what the conservative camp sees as the diktat of right-thinking.
Attacks on immigration
Republicans oppose LGBTI+ rights in the states they control. In the US Congress, right-wing elected officials wanted to block access to the women's toilets in the Capitol in November for the first transgender woman elected to the House, Sarah McBride.
Donald Trump also increased his attacks on immigration, another favorite theme during his campaign. From the day of his inauguration, he promised, “I will sign a series of executive orders to close our border to illegal immigrants and stop the invasion of our country. And on the same day, we will begin the largest deportation operation in American history. »
Moreover, “any foreign gang member will be expelled and I will immediately designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations”thundered Donald Trump.
