Trump, Who Is Separating Immigrant Families, Claims States Are Ripping 'Children From Their Parents Arms'In a truly ironic moment during the State of the Union, President Donald Trump denounced gender affirming care and claimed blue states are encouraging kids to transition to the opposite gender. He equated minors getting gender affirming care in blue states to ripping children from their parents -- all while the Trump administration's immigration policy is actively separating hundreds of families."Surely we can all agree, no state can be allowed to rip children from their parents' arms and transition them to a new gender against the parents' will," he said. "We must ban it, and we must ban it immediately." See All Updates