President Donald Trump said Thursday that he pulled some strings to protect federal funding for the Special Olympics a day after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos defended proposed cuts to the organization.

However, Trump likely played no role in whether the Special Olympics would keep its funding.

“The Special Olympics will be funded. I just told my people,” Trump said to reporters Thursday. “I want to fund the Special Olympics, and I just authorized a funding of the Special Olympics.”

Trump also claimed he had “overridden [his] people” to protect the organization’s federal funding.