The new president of the United States signed dozens of executive orders on his first day in office and one of the first decisions of his second presidency was to close the White House website and social networks in Spanish.
ADVERTISINGDonald Trump is back in a big way and on his first day in office, he signed a long list of executive orders, including the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the pardon for the Capitol attackers and also stopped the ban on the social network TikTok for 75 days.
But the new tenant of the White House has also decided to close the White House website and social networks in Spanish, something he also did during his first term in 2017. However, the principal deputy press secretary of his Administration has assured that the Government “is committed to bringing the Spanish translation section of the website back online”, something it also promised in 2017.
Nevertheless, It was Joe Biden who reinstated the website in Spanish of the White House after taking office in 2021. At the moment, it is not known when the Spanish page will be reinstalled, but Trump’s team said it is “in the process of developing, editing and fine-tuning the White House website.” and “We are committed to reloading that content in the short term“.
Trump’s decision came just after he signed an executive order to stop irregular immigration at the southern border with Mexico and will close a migration application that had allowed immigrants legal entry into the United States for years.
Trump declares war on Latino immigrants
Trump declared on Monday a national emergency on the border between the United States and Mexico and announced plans to send US troops to help support immigration agents and restrict access to refugees and asylum.
Defense groups for the Hispanic community in the United States and other experts have expressed confusion due to abrupt change and frustration for what some call the Administration’s “lack of effort” to maintain communication with the Latino community, many of whom voted for Trump in November.
According to 2023 Census Bureau estimates, about 43.4 million Americanswhich would be equivalent to 13.7% of the US population aged 5 years and older) they speak spanish at home. The country does not have an official language.
In an unexpected speech that caught the president by surprise, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde on Tuesday openly asked Trump for “clemency for migrants and LGBT people” who right now “are afraid.” Trump’s reactionshis vice president JD Vance and some members of the president’s family were immediate.
After the sermon, which took place in the Washington National Cathedral On Tuesday, the new president said that he had not liked the bishop’s speech, which is the first woman to lead the Episcopal Diocese from Washington DC.
