# In a July 26, 2022 speech, Donald Trump said he would ask LeBron James whether he wanted to be a woman so James could star on a women's basketball team Trump coached.

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## Receipts
- 2026-08-05T14:00:48.584Z: Trump's Old LeBron Joke Resurfaces in WNBA Debates
- 2026-08-05T14:00:48.584Z: screenshot_timestamp
- 2026-08-05T14:12:00.000Z: subject_identity
- 2026-08-05T14:12:00.000Z: Donald Trump made the LeBron James women's-basketball coaching remark at the America First Policy Institute summit on July 26, 2022.
- 2026-08-05T14:12:00.000Z: Roll Call Factbase publishes the timestamped full transcript; no individual reporter byline is shown.
- 2026-08-05T14:12:00.000Z: In a July 26, 2022 speech, Donald Trump said he would ask LeBron James whether he wanted to be a woman so James could star on a women's basketball team Trump coached.
- 2026-08-05T14:12:00.000Z: Timestamped transcript of the 2022 AFPI speech contains the LeBron James passage.
- 2026-08-05T14:12:00.000Z: The historical remark is retained, but the search did not establish a single originating 2026 post or the headline's specific WNBA-debate framing.