During a speech to House Republican members, President Donald Trump imitated transgender athletes, specifically a female weightlifter struggling and a transgender competitor lifting weights with ease. Trump stated his wife dislikes these impressions, calling them "unpresidential." The act drew significant online backlash, with critics calling it mocking and ridiculing a vulnerable group. Some sources noted Trump's claims about transgender athletes winning medals, which fact-checkers have questioned. While some, like former swimmer Riley Gaines, praised the impression, many online condemned it.