would go counter to that and how does the white house square or balance those two things? guest: it's a little complicated to figure out exactly the extent to which he intended to put these tariffs on or still intends to put these tariffs on, right? so yeah -- sorry, can you repeat the question? host: how do they square helping the economy when it could be bad for the economy? guest: inflation, prices have gone up and one of the big questions about tariffs is whether they're going to raise prices. this is where i was going initially is it's unclear the extent to which he really intends to put these really high tariffs on or use them as a negotiating chip because some of these really high tariffs aren't going to pass directly through to consumers, a 25% tariff won't necessarily be a 25% price

increase but will be a price increase. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ president trump: thank you very much. this is a nice crowd, isn't it, huh? you've been waiting a long time for this. so have i, actually. it's so ridiculous. but here we are.

this doesn't have to be long. it's all about common sense. it doesn't have to be long. in a few moments i'll sign a historic executive order to ban men from competing in women's sports. it's about time. [cheers and applause] president trump: under the trump administration, we'll defend the proud tradition of female athletes and not allow men to beat up, injure or cheat our women and girls. from now on women sports will be only for women. [cheers and applause] president trump: before going further, i want to share some exciting news for our military.

after years of shrinking force numbers at levels nobody has ever seen before, four years of this we went through, and missed recruiting targets every single month. it was just announced in december, the u.s. army had its single best recruitment in more than 15 years. every single day, nearly 350 new soldiers enlisted to defend our nation, and they're very, very happy to have done so. we've done lots of interviews and we asked why this was taking place now and they just said there's a spirit about our country they haven't seen in many, many years. and i happen to agree with that. but it really is clear proof that the spirit is sweeping our armed forces and we have a great leader in pete, as you know. we all know pete so well.

he's going to be fantastic and so many of our great heroes and people are starting to understand what hero is all about so that is something that is very important. we've gotten the woke lunacy out of our military. [cheers and applause] president trump: and now we're very importantly getting it out of women's sports. that's taking place very strongly. so in recent years, the radical left has waged an all out campaign to erase the very concept of biological sex and replace it with a militant transgender ideology. you heard a little bit about this, haven't you? just a little bit? does anybody agree with them? >> no. president trump: female athletes have been forced on to the front lines and men claiming to be girls have stolen more than 3,500 victories. that's a lot.

and invaded more than 11,000 competitions designed for women. last year a male cyclist posing as a woman competed in the 800-mile arizona trail race, a very big deal in cycling. and obliterated the women's course record by nearly 5 1/2 hours. sounds like a lot, doesn't it, huh? 5 1/2 hours. but you have to hear the weight lifting records. you think that's bad, the weight lifting is worse. in 2023, a man in women's power lifting broke two world records and outlifted his closest female opponent in one event by 440 pounds. and they continue to defend themselves, mr. congressman. they continue to defend themselves. we hope they continue onward because i don't think they can lose a race. this was one of the big reasons

we had a record, a landslide like they haven't seen before, very often anyway. and who could forget last year's paris olympics where a male boxer stole the woman's gold medal after brutalizing his female opponent she had to forfeit after 46 seconds and she was a championship fighter and they had two people that transitioned and both won gold medals and won them very convincingly. but all of that ends today because with this executive order, the war on women's sports is over. [cheers and applause]

>> thank you. president trump: should have been done long ago, actually. thank you very much. with my action this afternoon, we're putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice if you let men take over women's sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you will be investigated for violations of title ix and risk your federal funding. there will be no federal funding. president trump: this will effectively end the attack on women athletes at k-12 schools and all colleges and universities.

i don't think we missed anything but if we do, we'll make it up very quickly with an order. i don't think we will at all. i want to, before we go on, i want to thank so many people that have worked so hard in the political establishment and they're before me largely, and i think i'm going to miss a few and always happens when you do this. it's just one of those things. we have many senators and governors here and many state attorneys general, they're all over the place, i see. some of them went after me but they failed. [cheers and applause] president trump: and they're really friends and friends of women sports, that i can tell you. senator marsha blackburn. where is marsha? hi. senator katie brit. thank you, katie.

mike lee, where's mike? i love his new haircut. i love that haircut, mike p. he just said the hell with it, right? i think you look great. senator cynthia loomis. hi, cynthia, doing a good job. and roger marshall. thank you, roger. great. mark wayne mullen, oklahoma. i love oklahoma. i don't know what it is. oklahoma, i went 77-77 counties. it's never been done. second was ronald reagan, 56, right? yeah. and tommy tuberville, a great coach. you know, his quarterback was named mahomes, he was a great

college coach. and i said, how good was he? he said, you don't want to know how good. he made me into a great coach. pretty good quarterback, right? yeah. he was very good. good guy, too. also, governors, we have govern governor glenn youngkin of virginia, good job. bill lee of tennessee. bill, thank you. jeff landry, louisiana. thank you, jeff. kim reynolds of iowa. thank you. we're trying to move, you know, education back to the states. you do know that. we're making a big move and counting on linda mcmahon. and sitting next to you, the new star is born, karoline, congratulations. you've done great. new star. a star is born. patrick morris.

congratulations. a great friend of mine and he's really helped us at the border, done a great job, of texas, greg abbott. thank you, greg. jim pillen, where are you? jim, very good. are you feeling good? he had a bad fall. you doing all right, huh? good. you look great. brad little. brad, thank you, brad. good job. good job. you like education going back to your state? you'll make it tops, right? just so people understand, in the education world, we're ranked very poorly, 38, 39 and 40 out of 40 countries, we're at the bottom of the pack almost always or very close to it. that just came out, we're 40-40. and if we move it back to the states, i will guarantee you that if you take idaho, you take

iowa, you take almost any of the states that i'm looking at right now, they'll be as good as norway, you have norway, sweden, denmark. i must say you have china that's very high in the pack which is no longer we can say it has to be a small area. china is very big but they do a very good job. we'll have at least 35 of our states that will be as good or better than any of those countries and we have to get it done. attorney general steve marshall. steve, thank you very much. steve, wherever you may be. general tim griffin, thank you. thank you. a person who was so wonderful, brenna burr. thank you. she supported me before people wanted to support me, right?

thank you very much. i appreciate it. andrew bailey, great job. where is andrew? stand up, andrew. one of the great attorney generals. thank you very much. one of the greats, really. and jason miaras. thanks, jason. and now we get back to our members of congress, and we'll go quickly, but it's a great group of people. steve scalise is right in front. what a brave guy steve is. steve went through a lot and proved one thing, only one thing, that his wife loved him. his wife loves him because i went to the hospital that night and he was not given even a shot, right? and i was with him and his wife and she was devastated, she was really devastated and i've been in similar situations, not quite

as bad but the wives were not so devastated. and i can tell you that great wife of yours loves you. and what you've done is incredible, the way you've come back. you look better now than you did before it happened. but nobody wants to go through that. amazing. tom emmer, doing a fantastic job. thank you, tom. great job. lisa mcclain. lisa. hi, lisa. good job. virginia foxx. tim walberg, michigan. great. jason smith. great man on taxes. great man on taxes. how are the taxes doing, ok? we're going to get good things passed, i hope, right?

juan ciscomares. stand up. you always look so good. kevin kylie. kevin, wherever you may be. what happened? how do we hear no applause? lauren boebert. very much a leader in this. thank you, lauren. cat cammack of florida. thank you, cat. byron is doing good. where is he? you're doing good, byron. laurel lee. thank you, laurel. great job. anna paulina luna. thank you. thank you, anna.

greg steube hit a home run wearing a trump cap. the only one to hit a home run out of the park during your crazy baseball game, right? i think i'll come. if you're playing, i'll come. somebody that's very shy, a very shy person, but she's trying to break out of it. marjorie taylor greene. victoria sparks, thank you, victoria. great job. ashley hinson. ashley, thank you. marionette miller meeks. great job you did. great job. mary miller. i know.

julia letlow. hi, julia. claudia tenney from new york. hi, claudia. great job. nicole malliotakis. hi, nicole. doing good. great poll with you, nicole. michelle fischbach. great job. thank you. ann wagner, missouri. thanks. sherry biggs, south carolina. thanks. great job. nancy mace. where is nancy? she's something. oh, are you a believer in what we're doing, nancy? nancy takes it on right from the start, right? would you like to say something? would you like to say we're doing the right thing?

[inaudible] president trump: thank you very much. thank you, nancy. stephanie bice, thanks, stephanie. diana harsh barger. thanks, diana. good job. tim burchett. tim. i watched you on television the other day. you were unbelievable. you ripped that guy apart. man, that poor guy. he started getting a little fresh with tim and tim just ripped him apart. that was beautiful. i actually left a message. [inaudible] president trump: great job, tim. that was great. monica de la cruz. ronnie jackson. ronnie, dr. ronnie. he's a doctor, a great doctor, a

great admiral and great congressman, right? pretty good. he has his choice. what do you like doing best, ronnie? [inaudible] president trump: who is the healthiest patient you ever had? >> donald trump. president trump: you know why i like him? the fake news asked -- he had obama, bush, and trump and was the white house doctor and asked him who is the healthiest of the three. he said it's not close, it's donald trump. and from that moment, i loved this guy. right? thank you, ronnie. wesley hunt from texas. hi, wesley. beth van duyne. beth from texas. thanks, beth.

burgess owens, great athlete, nfl star, an nfl star. ken keegans from virginia. thank jen kiggans from virginia. harriet hageman, what a lawyer. one of the best. one of the most talented lawyers you'll ever see, what she did to her opponent was horrible. let's see, who was her opponent? let's see. does anybody remember? we tend to forget. we forgot that one, huh? and you know, our speaker, i'm going to introduce him later. the speaker has been fantastic. stand up, mike. he's great. what a good man. a really good man. also, some friends of ours, sage steele has been very strong on the issue. sage, thank you. thank you very much.

>> behind you. behind you. president trump: thank you. great job. tiffany justice. tina deskovich, founders of moms for liberty. they honored me and was a great honor. thank you very much, both of you. thank you. heather higgins, andy botner, nicolia collie, the women's forum. they fought hard. i think everybody fought hard on this issue. kim fletcher, you know kim? debbie crew lindis from mom's of america. penny lance, c.e.o. of the concerned women for america. that's a lot of people. thank you very much, penny.

good job, you do. that's a lot of people. so, just to finish up, i'm directing the secretary of state, marco rubio, who by the way is doing a fantastic job, thank you. just left panmatch we're trying to take back the panama canal, little things like that. it'll happen. but marco is going to make clear to the international committee there, he's going to make it as clear as anybody cap make it that america categorically rejected transgender lunacy, we want them to change everything having to do with the olympic, having to do with this absolutely ridiculous subject that we even have to talk about this subject. if you went back 10 years, 15 year, and you'd move forward and listen to this you'd say, what the hell are you talking about, this is impossible.

but you have people out there, democrats, who are totally in favor. they can't win the argument. can't win the debate. they look like fools. they continue to go on. that's ok because as long as they do this and open borders and all the other things talk about, all they want to do is transgender, men playing in women's sport, all of these crazy things and if they continue i think we're going to end up ultimately, it's not going to matter. we're never going to go along with them, we're going to just keep winning elections, right, mike? [applause] so when the olympics comes to los angeles, i was responsible for getting the olympics and i said, oh, boy, this is terrible. because i got the olympics and i won't be president. and then what happened is that election, strange things happened in that election. so i missed four years. and now i have the olympics. it was sort of circuitous. it was a circuitous situation. and we also have the world cup

coming which is going ton fantastic. we have as you know very importantly 250 years coming. that's a big one. next year. that's a very big one. but in los angeles, in 2028, my administration will not stand by and watch men beat and batter our female athletes and we're just not going to let it happen. it's going to end. it's ending right now. and nobody is going to be able to do a damn thing about it because when i speak, we speak with authority. [applause] and for the same reason just to make sure i'm also directing our secretary of homeland security, kristi noem, who is also doing -- she's out there with you greg, she's doing a fantastic job. she's unbelievable. i was watching her riding yesterday on her horse, she was as good as anybody. she's very good. to deny any and all visa applications made by men attempting to fraudulently enter the united states while

identifying themselves as women athletes. trying to get into the games, maybe. where they are unable to get into the games. [applause] we're honored to be joined today by many incredible advocates for women's sports including the brave swimmer at the forefront of this batting -- battle. riley baynes is a person that i have been watching. [applause] fought hard. riley was a 12-time all -- that's pretty good. 12-time all-american who sacrificed countless hours in the pool just for a chance at the title, so important to her. she gave up everything. gave conditioned and just gave everything she had. but then the league forced her to share a spot on the podium with a male swimmer who took her

trophy while the media celebrated this stolen glory and riley is just a tremendous to athlete and it was a very unfair situation. i watched it. a lot of people watched it. it was ridiculous, frankly. i want to thank riley. she's been in the forefront. people that aren't that well versed in this would say she was the leader. and great job, riley. thank you very much. and also with us is another great champion for women, payton mcnabb. in high school, payton was a rock star athlete. where is payton? nice to see you. good job. good job. looks like a good athlete to me. in high school, payton was a rock star athlete preparing for a future in college sports but in one volleyball match, a much taller, stronger male spiked the

ball right in her face, knocking her unconscious, partially paralyzed her right side and leaving her with a traumatic brain injury and payton said it was 100% avoidable if only my rights as a female athlete had been more important than a man's feelings. and we can't let it happen. not going to happen. [applause] not going to happen anymore, payton. not going to happen. are you ok? are you good? good. that's good. thank you. we're also pleased to be joined by many incredible leaders on this issue. as i mentioned before, speaker mike johnson, he's been so strong on this issue. because he's a man of common sense. i mean really is, it's common sense more than anything else. mike, thank you. great job. great job on everything. he's got the easiest job of any politician in history.

he's got the nicest, like, 200, almost 20, sort of varies, depends how many people i take anywhere administration, goes up and down a little bit. but i promise i won't take anymore. i just wanted to see how good he was. i was testing him. we have some great people. had some big wins the other day. very big wins the other day. but you've done a fantastic job. thank you very much, mike. appreciate it. we all appreciate it. [applause] and also the dozens of members of the house and senate and governors that -- attorneys, so many people, the peoples outside that can't even get in, this room is packed. you know, i offered to build a ballroom. i'm very good at building ballroom, i'm very good at building ballrooms. i offered to build a ballroom for the white house. this would be the reception

area. i would have a beautiful, beautiful ballroom. i offered to do it. never heard back. offered to do it to the biden administration, very active administration. they didn't tissue they didn't hear back. i said again and again, three or four time, i said to top people, they just didn't know what to do. they sort of said this is good but -- they had no idea. so i'm going to try and make the offer to myself, you know. because we could use a bigger room, right until we could use a bigger room. mr. president, would you like to build? yeah, i would. it would be a beautiful addition. going to cost nothing. spend the whole thing myself. kiel we'll do a big, beautiful room. we could use it at the white house you know what they do when they have a big ceremony to put up a tent. and somehow i think we've outgrown the tent stuff, don't you think? right? we'll see if trump will approve it. [laughter] but the actions we're taking

today are the late nest a sweeping effort to reclaim our culture and our laws from the radical left crusade against biological reality. day one i made it official, and i'm making it official policy of the united states government, that there is, you know two genders. we have two genders. what might they be? man and woman. right? male and female. [applause] male and female. [applause] can't think of too many others. but it's pretty amazing. i rescinded federal funds to, and this is so important. to any program that promotes transgender ideology using taxpayer dollars. we're not going to do it. we're not going to do it. and last week, i effectively banned the chemical it's a ration and surgical mutilation of minor children.

[applause] can you believe i even have to say that? i banned -- that's just -- who would ever think we'd have to even say that? last week i banned -- every day we're ending the extremism of the last four years. we have other things that are just as ridiculous. not having to do with this subject. but just as ridiculous. open borders. where people are allowed to pour in from all over the world, from jails and prisons and mental institutions and insane asylums. people that are very sick. people that are very evil. killers. murderers. many of them murdered more than one person. and we have to justify the fact that we're moving them out. we are moving them out. in tremendous numbers. tom and kristi are doing a

fantastic job and the governor, other governors too but we have to -- but that we have to even fight for this stuff is just incredible. the media doesn't want to talk about it because it's nothing they can talk about. it's just -- they don't want to really talk very much about it, serious problem. but we're doing a great job. the people understand. that's why we won in a landslide, you know. they made it easy. and at some point, you know, we have to hope they do come around because we can never let this happen again, what's happened tour country. we can never let this happen again. [applause] so we are restoring sanity and commonsense, very simply, to our government. we're defending the rights and safety and pride of the american people including our great, great, great female athletes. what athletes you are too. [applause]

and i'm not allowed to say this politically, could end my rear, but they're beautiful people. they're really beautiful. you're not allowed to say that today. if you call a woman or girl beautiful that's the end of your career. let's take a chance on it. i want to thank everybody for being here. it's fantastic. this is sort of a big, big day. shouldn't have even been necessary to take place. started a long time ago. we ended it today. and i'm going to sign the executive order right now and everything i said will go into effect immediately. ok. [cheers and applause]

pres. trump: you know, if you'd like to gather around me, i think i'm going to be ok. come on. come on. [laughter] [applause] secret service is worried about them? if we have to worry about them we have big problems. ok. watch what i do. then i'll give you some pens, ok. you ready. what a nice picture this is, huh, governor? you ready? we're dole a good job. let me press that. i want to make this a really good signature. this is -- this is a big one, right. i think we have a 10. we have a 10! >> god bless you, mr. president. [applause]

pres. trump: pretty good, huh? now you're going to go out and win those events, right? nice to see you all. great going, everybody. >> thank you. >> thank you, kids. here. i'll give some of these out. >> thank you so much. pres. trump: where's riley? [applause]