In a long address to Congress Tuesday, President Donald Trump alleging the The Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) discovered a government effort of $ 8 million to make “transgender mice”, according to according to Rolling Stone.
Although Trump doubled in his analysis, saying -in America “this is real”, in fact, he is not.
The “transgenic” mice that Trump referredRevolutionary research resources“For medical progression.
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Following Trump’s speech, the White House shared a list of federal subsidies for $ 8.3 million for health studies involving mice receiving health treatments that affirm gender, Cnn reported. This list clarified that the intention of these studies was to observe how these treatments can affect the humans that take them, not to make the mice transgender.
One of these subsidies provided the National Cancer Institute of $ 299,940 by 2023 to evaluate breast cancer rates among female mice taking testosterone. Because the hormonal regulation of breast development is similar between mice and humans, this study could be essential to determining how testosterone can affect a biologically feminine body.
Two other grants, for $ 455,120, financial projects of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases between Prosecutor Yeas 2023 and 2024 to compare the differences between the effectiveness of a HIV vaccine in mice that had and did not receive cross -sex hormonal therapy.
Reactions to “transgenic mice” against “transgender mice”
Many of the approximately 36.6 million The people who saw Trump’s address in Congress brought X, known as Twitter, to condemn the president’s misinformation.
Jimmy Kimmel used the opening monologue of an episode of March 5 Jimmy Kimmel Live! to call Trump and his serious problem with the facts, Variety reported.
“You know, you feel that the President of the United States says we spend $ 8 million for sex change operations in mice,” he began. “You say,” Well, I’m sure he exaggerates, but there must be something. “It turns out there is no. It’s not real.”
Trump’s comments on “transgender” mice are produced, as their administration has tirelessly worked to reduce diversity programs and LGBTQIA+visibility and rights. According to News NBCIn January, Trump signed executive orders forcing the United States government to recognize only two sexes (male and female) and ending with the programs of diversity, equity and inclusion “radical and waste” within the federal agencies.
