Trump Posts Transgender Edict That Angers Conservatives — And Then Changes It

On Mar 7, 2026

President Donald Trump got blasted by conservatives for posting a Truth Social entry Thursday that approved transgender surgery for minors with parental consent.

“NO TRANSGENDER MUTILATION SURGERY FOR CHILDREN, WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THE PARENTS” was listed in Trump’s promotion of the Save America Act, which pushes voter ID requirements on election day to address the GOP’s unproven claims of widespread fraud.

Trump disciple-turned-nemesis Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former firebrand GOP congresswoman, led the outrage. She shared a screengrab of the item, which was later edited, and a rant: “Trump now supports trans gender mutilation surgeries of children if their parents want it!!!!!” she wrote.

“What is wrong with him??? To do this to a child is absolutely disgusting, wrong, and a complete perversion of God’s creation AND NOW THE PRESIDENT SAYS ITS OK AS LONG AS THESE SICK PARENTS AGREE!!!” she added.

pic.twitter.com/9oIjd6p1hg

— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) March 5, 2026

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#5???!!!!
“Without the express written approval of the parents”
Trump now supports trans gender mutilation surgeries of children if their parents want it!!!!!
The House passed my bill Protect Children’s Innocence Act that makes it a felony to trans any child under 18 even if… pic.twitter.com/9oIjd6p1hg

— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) March 5, 2026

Right-wing podcaster Matt Walsh also chimed in.

“ ‘No trans surgery for children without parental consent’ is meaningless,” he wrote. “The consent of the parents is not the issue. The issue is that the procedure is barbaric and insane, no matter if parents agree to it or not.”

The item was later changed to “NO TRANSGENDER MUTILATION SURGERY FOR CHILDREN.”

But Greene claimed the original parent-consent line was no mistake, and that it was altered because of “huge backlash!!!”

“Don’t be stupid and think that it was a mistake or a staffer,” she wrote. “He was forced to change it bc we all made him. Just like we forced him on the Epstein files.”

https://t.co/GCxNkRmAEk pic.twitter.com/wW9pMhLIYS

— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) March 5, 2026

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Yeah #5 changed ONLY because of the huge backlash!!!
Don’t be stupid and think that it was a mistake or a staffer.
He was forced to change it bc we all made him.
Just like we forced him on the Epstein files.
Get out of the hive mind MAGA!!!!!
Or MIGA. Or whatever it is now. https://t.co/GCxNkRmAEk pic.twitter.com/wW9pMhLIYS

— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@FmrRepMTG) March 5, 2026

Greene may have a point. Trump has said virtually the same thing.

“We don’t want transgender operations without parental consent,’” he told Bloomberg in a 2024 interview. “It is 99.9% common sense. It really is common sense.”

GOP operatives spent a reported $222 million on messaging against transgenderism and the LBBTQ+ community in the 2024 election buildup. The president has followed through in his second term with numerous measures impacting the LGBTQ+ community.

HuffPost has reached out to the White House for comment.