The former president called transsexual athletes “biological males” and complained that records in women’s sports were being “broken” by transgender competitors.
Mr Trump complained that Joe Biden’s policies “would destroy women’s sports” and said his own views on the subject were not “controversial”.
“Many new records are being broken in women’s sport, I hate to say that, ladies, but you have many new records that are being broken,” Trump said in his speech at the CPAC event on Sunday.
He added: “Girls and women are furious because they are now being forced to compete against those who are biological men. This is not good for women.
“This is not good for women’s sports, which have worked so hard to get where they were.
“Records that lasted for years and decades are now being easily broken, broken. If that doesn’t change, women’s sport as we know it will die and end ”.
Mr. Trump received a huge round of applause and audible laughter from the CPAC audience during that section of his speech.
“I think what is happening is crazy, we must protect the integrity of women’s sport,” he added.
“And I don’t even know, is this controversial? Someone said ‘well, this is going to be very controversial’ and I said it’s okay – you haven’t heard anything yet. “