President Donald Trump held an event at the White House on Wednesday honoring Women’s History Month, praising the long heritage of strong and patriotic women in the United States and also thanking the powerful women of the modern age working to elevate American freedom.
“Today, we honor the legacy of incredible women like Betsy Ross, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, and Amelia Earhart – all legends,” he said. “…Their extraordinary courage and patriotism and devotion propelled our nation to glory and greatness.”
The president thanked American women for their overwhelming support at the ballot box. “Thank you for the vote, you were very nice to me,” he quipped with a smile.
He also thanked a number of women at the White House on Wednesday, highlighting his administration’s female-heavy workforce. “I’m also thrilled to say that we have more women in our cabinet than any Republican president in the history of our country,” he announced.
Trump thanked women like White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Special Counselor Alina Habba, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, among others.
“For four long years we had an administration that tried to abolish the very concept of womanhood and replace it with radical gender ideology,” Trump said. “They destroyed women’s spaces and even tried to replace the word mother with the word ‘birther person.’”
On day one, Trump said, he made it the official policy of the United States government to recognize only two genders: male and female.
“No matter how many surgeries you have or chemicals you inject, if you’re born with male DNA in every cell of your body, you can never become a woman – you’re not going to be a woman,” he said.
Last month, the president signed an executive order to ban men from competing in women’s sports. He also highlighted his actions to ban puberty blockers and stop the “sexual mutilation of minor youth.”
“We’re ending it, we’re sending it back to where it came from: oblivion,” he remarked.
The president further emphasized his administration’s support for American mothers, mentioning his creation of the presidential commission to Make America Healthy Again.
“We don’t just want to treat the chronic disease crisis, we want to prevent our children from getting sick in the first place,” he said, lauding Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a champion on this front.
“To further support our nation’s mothers, I signed an executive order to expand access to fertility treatments like IVF,” he said, which he did shortly after taking office.
“[Democrats] were late to the party, we actually took [the issue] away,” he said, referring to how important the topic of IVF treatment was for his campaign in 2024.
The president also announced that he was working alongside several others to create a women’s history museum in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall.
“Throughout our history, strong, tough, visionary women have defended our flag, strengthened our communities, explored new frontiers, and expanded the American dream for all of our children …Now, patriotic American women like those in this room are helping lead our nation into the Golden Age of America,” he concluded.