Trump says Saudis think Americans are ‘crazy’ about transgender athletes

President Donald Trump, at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, said the Saudis think Americans are “crazy” for defending transgender athletes in women’s sports.

At the forum at the Kennedy Center, Trump described being shocked to see a member of Congress fighting for biological males playing women’s sports, explaining a situation in which a biological male broke a female weightlifting record.

“The man was 119 pounds heavier than a champion, who was a phenomenal champion,” Trump said. “He beat her by 119, and he was an average weightlifter before the transition. A lot of Saudis are sitting here wondering, ‘What the hell is he talking about: transitioning?'”

President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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He added that, unlike the United States, the Saudis “don’t transition much.”

“The Saudis are saying, ‘What is he talking about?'” Trump said. “They say, ‘What do you mean women play men? No, that doesn’t happen, does it?’ Yeah, it is. These people are crazy. »

A group of 130 congressional Democrats recently filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, urging the justices to rule in favor of Becky Pepper-Jackson, a trans teenager from West Virginia who successfully challenged a state law banning biological males from competing in women’s sports, and Lindsay Hecox, who successfully challenged an Idaho law to compete on the Boise State women’s cross country team.

President Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, appear at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Lawmakers who signed the letter include Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

A New York Times/Ipsos survey in January found that most Americans, including a majority of Democrats, don’t think transgender athletes should compete with women in sports.

President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman pose with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and others at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Of the 2,128 participants, 79 percent, including 67 percent of those who identified as Democrats or Democratic-leaning, said biological males who identify as females should not be allowed to compete with women.

Jackson Thompson of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.