The order, called “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” is based on the Trump administration’s interpretation of Title IX.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girl’s school-sponsored athletics by denying federal funds to schools that allow it.

Purdue University American Studies and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies Professor Cheryl Cooky joins Katy Tur to provide analysis and context on why President Trump’s executive order banning trans women from playing womens’ or girls’ sports is “a solution in search of a problem.