Well, it looks like the University of Maine System (UMaine) has finally decided to choose reality over ideology—or more accurately, they chose $100 million in federal funding over woke brownie points. After weeks of public posturing and legal threats from Maine’s Democrat Governor Janet Mills, UMaine has now officially agreed to comply with President Trump’s executive order barring biological males from competing in women’s sports. Welcome back to sanity, Maine. Took you long enough.
This all started after President Trump signed an executive order shortly after returning to the White House, restoring Title IX’s original intent: protecting biological women in sports. Not “identifies as,” not “gender fluid,” just good old-fashioned biological reality. Naturally, the left melted down. Governor Mills, never one to miss a virtue-signaling opportunity, vowed to take Trump to court and accused the administration of targeting Maine unfairly. But Trump didn’t blink. Instead, he warned: comply or kiss your federal dollars goodbye.
HUGE! Maine’s Governor Janet Mills BENDS THE KNEE and is now complying with President Trump’s ban on men playing in women’s sports.
Man, this moment aged like fine wine.
pic.twitter.com/CbIUsqSlLZ— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 21, 2025
And guess what? When faced with losing $30 million this year alone—not to mention over $100 million in total USDA funding—UMaine suddenly remembered how to read a biology textbook. In a letter to the Department of Agriculture, they confirmed they do not allow biological males to compete in women’s sports and, conveniently, that no such athletes were currently on any teams. Isn’t that just the most convenient timing?
Let’s be real here. UMaine’s “about-face” wasn’t a moral decision. It was financial survival. The Trump administration made it crystal clear that any institution refusing to comply with the executive order would face serious consequences—including criminal financial liability. And the message from the feds was simple: lie about your compliance, and there will be hell to pay.
Mills, who initially puffed her chest and told Trump, “We’ll see you in court,” was publicly smacked down during a bipartisan governors’ meeting. Trump told her straight to her face: “You’re not getting any federal funding if you don’t comply.” And then came the knockout punch: “Enjoy your life after governor, because I don’t think you’ll be in elected politics.” Classic Trump—brutal, accurate, and 100% right.
Even the NCAA jumped on board, tightening its gender eligibility rules to align with the Trump administration’s position. The left’s dream of turning women’s sports into a participation trophy for confused men? Crumbling.
UMaine caved, Mills is politically neutered, and American girls get their sports back. That’s what winning looks like.
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