One of the top issues President Donald Trump focused on during the campaign that arguably helped him win re-election was the absurdity of allowing biological males who identify as the opposite sex to compete against biological females in girls' and women's sports.

That lunacy ended and "common sense" made a "big comeback" on Wednesday when Trump signed an executive order to keep men out of women's sports, according to a Fox News op-ed from Riley Gaines.

Gaines, a former star collegiate female swimmer who was forced to compete against a male swimmer, gained prominence in recent years as one of the only voices pushing back against the insanity of permitting biological males who claim to be transgender females to compete against and be in locker rooms/showers with biologically female athletes.

No more men in women's sports

On Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order titled "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" that highlighted how the allowance of males to compete against females under the prior Biden-Harris administration was "demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls" and denied them "the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports."

"Therefore, it is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds from educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy," the order stated. "It shall also be the policy of the United States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth."

Trump's order went on to authorize various Cabinet-level officials along with relevant departments and agencies to take certain actions to ensure girls and women were provided with fair opportunities for competition and weren't compelled to compete against or get dressed/shower with biological males.

Trump has taken multiple actions to defend and protect women and girls

A White House "fact sheet" on President Trump's executive order highlighted some of the pertinent details of his directive, exposed how the problematic policies of allowing men to invade women's sports and locker rooms had been allowed to fester and grow under the Biden-Harris administration, and pointed out that strong majorities of the American people and female athletes fully supported what the president had promised to do.

It also noted that this was not the only executive action taken by Trump with the protection of women and girls in mind, but in fact, is the third major order of the kind from him since he took office.

Those prior executive orders included one that formally recognized just two biological sexes, male and female, and another that largely outlawed at the federal level the "chemical and surgical mutilation" of children by way of sex change surgeries and therapies.

The impact of President Trump's order was almost immediate, as the National Collegiate Athletic Association announced on Thursday that its Board of Governors had voted to change its policies on transgender athletes, who will no longer be allowed to compete in women's sports but can still practice with women's teams and receive benefits, to comply with Trump's order.

"The NCAA is an organization made up of 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states that collectively enroll more than 530,000 student-athletes," NCAA President Charlie Baker said. "We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today's student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To that end, President Trump's order provides a clear, national standard."

Trump kept his campaign promise

In Gaines' Fox News op-ed on Wednesday, she wrote, "President Trump is standing up for women and female athletes when coaches, college administrators, and sports governing bodies have refused to. He knew it was absurd, unfair, and dangerous to force women to compete against men. He spoke about it consistently on the campaign trail, and pledged to do something about it. Voters heard it and supported him."

"And now, just days after taking office, he has made good on this promise," she continued. "He has told female athletes that their dreams matter. Young girls don’t have to wonder if they are wasting their time training and will be forced into competitions they are doomed to lose because of their sex. They now can feel confident that they will have leagues and rights of their own."

Gaines, whose strong advocacy on this issue earned her a positive callout from Trump during the signing ceremony for his order, added, "On behalf of all these girls, thank you, President Trump, for standing with us."