India, May 3 -- US President Donald Trump sparked fresh controversy Thursday night during his commencement address at the University of Alabama, where he impersonated a transgender athlete while criticising policies that allow them to compete in women's sports.

Speaking to a packed crowd at Coleman Coliseum, the President mocked the inclusion of transgender women in female athletic competitions and joked about how such remarks tend to get him "in trouble" with First Lady Melania Trump.

"The greatest is like weightlifting, you ever see the weightlifting? Where they have a record that wasn't broken in 18 years," Trump began, setting up a scenario involving a female athlete and a transgender competitor. Before launching into the impression...