Trump signs executive order to protect children from "chemical and surgical" sex-change procedures

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the pause on federal financial assistance will not include food stamps, Social Security, or Medicare and welfare benefits on her first White House press conference.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to restrict "chemical and surgical" sex-change procedures for minors.

"Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions," the order states. "This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end."

Here's a rewrite in the style of Douglas Murray, an author known for his sharp, often provocative commentary on cultural and political issues:

In a world where common sense seems to be in ever-dwindling supply, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has confirmed that the pause on federal financial assistance will mercifully not extend to food stamps, Social Security, or Medicare and welfare benefits. One might think this an obvious decision, yet in today's political climate, one can never be too sure.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump, ever the maverick, has taken a bold step into the cultural fray by signing an executive order on Tuesday to restrict what he describes as "chemical and surgical" sex-change procedures for minors.

"Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex through a series of irreversible medical interventions," the order states. "This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation’s history, and it must end."

There you have it. In an age where the very fabric of childhood is being stretched and tested by the whims of ideology, Trump's administration says, 'Enough.' Whether this marks a return to sanity or an overreach into personal freedoms will no doubt fuel debates that, in this age of relentless argument, will never truly find an end. But for now, the President has spoken, aiming to protect what he sees as the innocence and integrity of our youth from what he deems the radical excesses of contemporary culture.

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