President Donald Trump is demanding an apology from Maine Gov. Janet Mills after the University of Maine System (UMaine) acceded to Trump’s demands to bar biological males from competing in female sports.
The president has feuded with Maine’s Democratic governor for weeks over whether trans-identifying students should be allowed to compete against women and girls in female sports leagues. The president has threatened to withhold federal funding from the state until it agrees to protect the integrity of female sports.
UMaine, which includes eight public universities across the state, backed down this week and agreed to reform its rules on trans-identifying players competing against female athletes. Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Saturday that Mills should apologize for attempting to fight the federal government over the issue.
“While the State of Maine has apologized for…
