Trump Admin Press Secretary Gives Statement On Responding To Certain Emails
In a move that unmistakably underscores the Trump administration’s broader stance on gender identity, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed that the White House will no longer respond to media inquiries from journalists who include pronouns in their email signatures. This decision, outlined in a direct response to The New York Times, signals a decisive rejection of what the administration characterizes as “radical gender ideology.”
“As a matter of policy, we do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios,” Leavitt wrote, adding fuel to the administration’s ongoing critique of what it sees as progressive excess.
The policy is not isolated to Leavitt. Katie Miller, serving as a senior adviser to the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE), echoed the sentiment, stating that pronouns in signatures are a “signal that someone ignores scientific realities.” For Miller, the logic is straightforward: if a journalist disregards biological truths, their reporting cannot be trusted to be factually sound.
Steven Cheung, the administration’s Communications Director, took a more combative approach. In a scathing comment aimed at The New York Times, he remarked, “If The New York Times spent the same amount of time actually reporting the truth as they do being obsessed with pronouns, maybe they would be a half-decent publication.”
The pronoun policy fits seamlessly into the broader cultural and legislative agenda of the Trump administration, which, from day one, has drawn a hard line around biological sex as the only legitimate basis for gender classification.
Early in his term, Trump issued an Executive Order affirming that the U.S. government would only recognize two genders—male and female—rooted in biological reality.
This declaration has had ripple effects throughout federal agencies and policy enforcement. In the realm of education, the administration has taken bold steps to eliminate what it sees as gender-based distortions.
One such measure was an Executive Order that prohibited males from participating in female athletic programs. Schools that failed to comply faced significant federal funding cuts—a threat that swiftly prompted a policy change in states like Maine.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon further clarified the administration’s stance, stating on social media, “To all the entities that continue to allow men to compete in women’s sports and use women’s intimate facilities: there’s a new sheriff in town.”