The speech of the joint conference of US President Donald Trump on Tuesday had many major points, but there was a specific note that sparked controversy. During his long speech, Trump claimed that the administration of former President Joe Biden has spent an amazing $ 8 million on “sexual mice making”.
The claim, which is widely mocking social media users, has also led to critics’ doubt of its accuracy. So, did the Biden tax administration spend taxpayer money on such a project? Let’s disintegrate the facts.
What did Trump said?
Trump’s observation about “transgender mice” was part of a wider criticism of federal spending, which he considered wasted. According to the president, the Ministry of Governmental efficiency (DOGE) revealed “heinous expenses” worth $ 8 million on these experiments by the Biden administration. He said: “Eight million dollars to make sexually transformed mice. This is real.
Soon the land claim was met with some questions, as critics and experts indicated that Trump’s statement lacks context, was misleading, and he needed to clarify.
The White House replied
in Press statement On Wednesday, the White House issued some decisive data that President Trump appears to not mention in his speech. The statement said that the total was $ 8.3 million in federal grants for health studies that include mice. Their data indicated that these studies focus on understanding how the gender hormone treatments are affected by human health, and not on changing the sexual identity of animals.
The press statement provided detailed details of the Biden administration, saying that “the total reached 8,290,053 dollars (6,540,000 pounds).” Studies have focused on improving human health, especially in areas such as asthma, breast cancer, and the prevention of HIV. These studies included “genetically modified” mice – genetically modified for research purposes – not “transgender” animals, as Trump claimed.
For example, in 2023, the National Cancer Institute granted $ 299,940 (237,000 pounds) for a project that examines breast cancer rates in female mice and those that are subject to testosterone treatment. In addition, the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases allocated $ 455120 (360,000 pounds) for two studies to test HIV vaccines in mice that received sex hormone treatment.
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Thus, according to the data provided by the White House, it is clear that these studies aim to improve the effectiveness of the human vaccine, not to change the sexual identity of mice.
However, the White House statement as well quote Research conducted by the Observatory Group, The White Coat Wasete Project. During a sub -committee session in the House of Representatives in February, Republican actress Nancy Maas from South Carolina subscriber The results of WCW research said that millions of dollars in federal funds were used to create sexually transformed mice, mice and monkeys.
“The Biden Harris administration was keen to spread its radical gender ideology through all aspects of American society that it did not stop thinking that such experiences are not harsh but unnecessary,” said Mass, around the administration of Venice towards the previous government.
A general reaction to Trump’s note “sexually transformed mice”
Although it was not confirmed whether the note made by the president was a slip of the tongue or was intended, it certainly provided an opportunity for social media to talk about something.
In response to Trump’s statement, one user on X books“I cannot believe that Trump believes that genetically modified mice mean that they are sexually converted.” While the most prominent thing that the study means, Saying“On this claim that he provided about $ 8 million in financing to search to convert sexually converts” that owned the entire Republican side of the room with laughter: it turned out that studies were on genetically modified mice. No sexually transformed mice. Trump is just transfbe cannot read.
Although Donald Trump’s demand that taxpayer money is spent on “transgender mice” gained a great deal of controversy in two days, the truth is more accurate. According to what was reported, the funds concerned were allocated to legitimate scientific research aimed at improving human health, specifically by studying genetically modified mice, not changing animal identities.