Newly inaugurated President Donald Trump is formally declaring the United States government will only recognize two genders ... and he's set to target federal protections for transgender people.
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00:00Donald Trump came right out of the gate swinging, and there were a couple of things that were
00:05said that a lot of people support and a lot of people are alarmed by, and this may be
00:12the headline.
00:13This week, I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race
00:20and gender into every aspect of public and private life.
00:26It will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there
00:31are only two genders, male and female.
00:37What do you think?
00:39You really put me.
00:42I'm punting only because, look, I, I, I took, but by the speech in general was a pretty
00:48short Donald Trump speech.
00:50I think this is one of the more moments that has gotten a lot of attention.
00:53Yeah.
00:54I mean, good, good for Donald Trump.
00:56I have to say, even if this is your position, it's an unnecessary shot at people who struggle
01:01with gender identity.
01:02It's one thing for the position of the United States to be a no discrimination against people
01:07who identify in a particular way.
01:09But to just say the policy of the United States is there are two genders really sort of dismisses
01:13the experience of a lot of people.
01:14I didn't understand why he did it or why he needed to do it.
01:17No, I agree with you.
01:18I mean, it just seemed unnecessary to me.
01:20And look, this is an issue.
01:23I mean, it, it is.
01:24It does.
01:25It was a big issue in the election though.
01:26It does impact the federal government.
01:28But you know, one of the things that Donald Trump talked about a lot was take things and
01:33leave them to the state.
01:35The federal government shouldn't be involved.
01:37And you know, look, there is an issue of gender in the military.
01:42It just is an issue.
01:44And maybe that's an issue for him in terms of that narrow lane.
01:49But this is a bigger issue for the various states where they're dealing with this now.
01:55And people are talking about this more.
01:58And I was surprised that became part of the.
02:01Yeah.
02:02The one thing I would say is, and you remember that, that Kamala Charlemagne, the God add
02:05that that got a ton of attention during the election.
02:08I'm not so sure that a lot of Americans don't agree with what Donald Trump said.
02:12Donald Trump emphasizes being a united person, but his policy positions raise concerns, especially
02:19for people who identify as transgender and non-binary.
02:23He claims to be a person of faith, yet he stood before the audience and talked in a
02:28tone that was to some condescending and divisive.
02:32This concerns me because I worry how he is going to treat marginalized people, including
02:38children.
02:39Is he going to bring us together or is he going to divide us even more?
02:42I think that's the issue.
02:43I think you stated it really well.
02:45OK, so we had Victor Willison, the lead singer of the Village People, last week on TMZ Live.
02:52They performed on Sunday.
02:54The big question, were the village people going to do this or or were they going to
03:01do this?
03:03And we and we and we have the answer.
03:06They're here to say for you and you won't recognize them.
03:12They're slightly larger than they used to be, but that's the way life goes.
03:16Come on, everybody.
03:18It's fun to stay at the YMCA.
03:22It's fun to stay at the YMCA.
03:26Well, here's the deal.
03:27So Trump did his thing and the village people did their O.G. dance.
03:32But it was really, really fun, even though Donald Trump fat shamed him.
03:35How do you like to get called fat before you walk on stage?
03:39Did you ever think that this, like YMCA, the Village People, biggest song going?
03:44Although it's really, it's one of my favorite songs.
03:46Yeah, it's a great song.
03:47I'll just say.